ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,500, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to FA TENG TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Multi-player claw machine" was invented by Shau-Yu Lin (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-player claw machine includes a coin slot, a first controller, a second controller, a third controller, and a fourth controller. The first controller has a first joystick configured to actuate a first claw unit. The second controller has a second joystick configured to actuate a second claw unit. The third controller has a third joystick configured to actuate a third claw unit. The fourth controller has a fourth joystick configured to ac...