ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,642, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to EPOCH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Model toy and cooking toy" was invented by Kei Kamiyama (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A model toy includes: a main body including a plate portion; a first figure body provided on the plate portion; and a second figure body provided on the plate portion so as to be arranged in a state where the second figure body is close to the first figure body along an arrangement direction in which the first figure body and the second figure body are arranged. The first figure body engages the plate portion immovably. The second figure body engages the plate portion movab...