ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,253, issued on June 24.
"Decorative illuminated sandman figurine" was invented by Kristina Cruse (Spring Hill, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The decorative illuminated sandman figurine is a decorative structure. The decorative illuminated sandman figurine forms a figurine. The decorative illuminated sandman figurine presents an image of one or more indicia. The indicia presented by the decorative illuminated sandman figurine stimulates a sentiment within a viewer. The sentiment stimulated by the decorative illuminated sandman figurine includes sentiments associated with winter. The sentiment stimulated by the decorative illumin...