ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,559, issued on April 15, was assigned to Makita U.S.A. Inc. (La Mirada, Calif.).

"Modular storage system with storage box connectivity and internal storage and lid features" was invented by Andrew Camp (La Mirada, Calif.), Marc Tappeiner (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Jeremy Allan (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Ethan W. Franklin (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Cameron Putnam (Santa Barbara, Calif.), John Grant (Middletown, Ohio), Amin Dahrehsobh (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Kenneth Hefley (La Mirada, Calif.), Keisuke Kato (La Mirada, Calif.), Brent Withey (La Mirada, Calif.), Austin Donoghue (La Mirada, Calif.), Nathan Santos (La Mirada, Calif.), Justin Guthrie (Plano, Ill.) and Edward Mark Harris (Plano...