ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,040, issued on June 17, was assigned to Mono Creators Inc. (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

"Rollable chordophone case" was invented by Kenneth Wei Jin Tan (Singapore), Kevin Kam Hang Li (Singapore) and Jun Seng Lee (Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chordophone case includes a detachable wheel assembly that is configured to be attached to and detached from front and rear anchors on the case's front and rear faces. A wheel is mounted on a fork mount having a base and sidewalls that project therefrom to form an acute angle relative to the base. The detachable wheel assembly's frontward and rearward strap is anchored to the base and co...