ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,463, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Light fixture joining system" was invented by Bryan Dumler (Aurora, Colo.) and Stephanie Miller (Englewood, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A joining system (195) for joining adjacent light fixtures (190) can include a pulling apparatus (550) and a bracket (440) configured to be coupled to a frame (220-1) of a first light fixture (190-1). The joining system (195) can also include a first anchor (660-1) and a second anchor (660-2) configured to be coupled to the frame (220-2) of a second light fixture (190-2), wherein the anchors include a pul...