ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,256, issued on June 24.

"Toy apparatus which is constructed to travel from place to place and which provides an optical illusion for a viewer" was invented by Philippa Claire Barbara Hancock (Beaconsfield, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Toy apparatus (1) which is constructed to travel from place to place and which provides an optical illusion for a viewer, and wherein the toy apparatus (1) comprises: i) a device (17) having a plurality of separate images (18); ii) the separate images (18) are displayed on panels (19); iii) the panels (19) are rotatable; iv) the panels (19) are such that when they are rotating and when t...