ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,153, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to The AZEK Group LLC (Chicago).

"Multifunctional design housing components" was invented by Christopher Scott Selzer (Dawsonville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunctional design housing is disclosed. In some examples, the multifunctional design housing includes an outer case with a back wall, a first side wall, and a second side wall. The back wall includes a first back wall edge and a second back wall edge. The first side wall extends forward from the first back wall edge, and the second side wall extends forward from the second back wall edge. The front wall includes a first side...