ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,693, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Fisher & Paykel Healthcare Ltd. (Auckland, New Zealand).
"Modular gear bag system" was invented by Tyler Cigard (Irvine, Calif.), Sharon Jieun Park (Irvine, Calif.), Katelyn Fukushima (Irvine, Calif.) and Scott Lambert (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Modular bag system having one or more base bags and a plurality of attachable gear sets. In some configurations, a base bag or a gear set includes a pocket flap that easily moves from an external orientation to an internal orientation to permit access to the pocket. In some configurations, a bag has a strap arrangement that converts ...