ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,090, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to STATIONS-E (Boussy-Saint-Antoine, France).
"Modular mast" was invented by Francois Ribiere (Etrechy, France) and Alain Rolland (Quincy-sous-Senart, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modular mast (1) intended to be fixed to a bearing element and to accommodate at least one telecommunication antenna includes at least two sections (2 and 3 or 3 and 4) assembled in the extension of one another by respective ends, and one of the sections (2, 3 or 4) having, at its end assembled with the other section (2, 3 or 4), at least one cutout (10) and the latter section having at least one tooth (11) ...