ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,284, issued on May 27.
"Bi-elliptical flying toy with anhedral bent rings" was invented by Myron Bouchakian (Roy, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bi-elliptical flying toy has two anhedral bent rings. The rings are connected together by struts. Each ring consists of an ellipse. The rings are mounted together with their major axes generally perpendicular to one another. Along the long axes of the rings at the ends of the long axes, the rings droop downward in an anhedral configuration. This configuration stabilizes the toy when it is thrown, substantially precluding the toy from rolling to a side when thrown level."
The patent ...