ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,975, issued on April 8, was assigned to AGATSUMA Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Track running toy" was invented by Shinji Todokoro (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A track running toy has a rotational device, whose track surface main body has a track surface and an entry and exit portion. An entry and exit guide member has an entry guide portion guiding a running body from the entry and exit portion to the track surface and an exit guide portion guiding the running body from the entry and exit portion to the same portion. An entry and exit control member is provided at the entry and exit portion, has a pop-up guide portion formed to follow ...