ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,021, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to QT-System LLC (Fenton, Mich.).

"Modular portable storage container system" was invented by Stuart Fletcher (Linden, Mich.) and Scott Owen (Columbiaville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular portable storage container system includes container sections, each having a frame. A latch mechanism retains the frames against an infrastructure substrate. The latch mechanism has: a spring latch, latch receiver, and retaining hook. The container sections are movable between unlatched and latched positions. When unlatched, the container sections are movable relative to the substrate and when l...