ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,774, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to DISNEY ENTERPRISES INC. (Burbank, Calif.).
"Plush toy" was invented by Monty Maldovan (Kissimmee, Fla.) and Sarah A. Flood (Orlando, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A plush toy having an outer fabric shell with an outer surface defining a desired shape for the plush toy and an in inner surface defining a void. A fiberfill layer covers an inner surface of the outer fabric shell. A foam inner inside the defined void, where the foam inner and the fiberfill layer are sized to completely fill the void such that the foam inner is not compressed while in a relaxed state, but can be compressed as a...