ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,459,610, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to BOMBARDIER RECREATIONAL PRODUCTS INC. (Valcourt, Canada).

"Modular seating system and chairs for selectively connecting to a surface" was invented by Felix Dupuis (Windsor, Canada), Philippe Marcoux (Sherbrooke, Canada), Alexandre Lecointre (Orford, Canada) and Ghyslain Beland (Granby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular seating system including a mounting surface having a plurality of attachment features formed therein and a plurality of chairs. Each chair of the plurality of chairs includes a base including a base body, an interior volume, two lateral openings formed in opposite lat...