ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,396, issued on April 15, was assigned to Sigma Switches Plus Inc. (Elkhart, Ind.).

"LED light holding system" was invented by Brian Rothbauer (Elkhart, Ind.), Adrian Byers (Elkhart, Ind.) and Nick Rothbauer (Elkhart, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light holding system having a light holder with wings that define an outer contoured surface. A channel extends inwardly of the outer contoured surface and has a bottom wall and lateral walls. The bottom wall has a ridge wall having a retention barb extending from a bottom surface. The wings are resiliently bendable between an uninstalled and an installed position. In the uninstalled ...