ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,431, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Kids2 LLC (Atlanta).

"Multi-modal children's accessory system and kit" was invented by Michael Dean Armbruster (Alpharetta, Ga.), John Dave Derubes (Alpharetta, Ga.), Casey Hopper Harris (Brookhaven, Ga.), Colleen Hattler (Woodstock, Ga.), Cheng-Fang Lee (Atlanta), Heather Tootell (Atlanta), Joseph Mazoyer (Lyons, France) and Philippe Bajard (Lyons, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and/or kit for assembling multiple different children's accessories using shared or modular components or parts to assembly multiple different accessory modalities or configurations. In example ...