ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,639, issued on March 18.
"Electrified game piece manipulation game and game piece manipulator" was invented by Jeffrey Scott Larson (Sugar City, Idaho).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A game system according to various embodiments of the subject disclosure may include a game piece and a game piece manipulator configured to hold the game piece. The game piece manipulator may include a first surface comprising a first electrically conductive portion and a controller configured to control an electric stimulus emitted by the game piece manipulator. The game piece manipulator may emit the electric stimulus by the first electrically conduct...