ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,976, issued on April 8, was assigned to EPOCH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Toy for figure play" was invented by Kei Kamiyama (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy for figure play includes: a rotating body provided rotatably; and a figure holder provided on the rotating body and configured to hold a figure. The figure holder includes: a seat surface on which a figure is allowed to be placed; a first wall portion erected on a first direction side of the seat surface, the first wall portion including a bulging portion that bulges toward the seat surface; a second wall portion erected on a second direction side of the seat surface so as ...