ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,975, issued on June 24, was assigned to Gemmy Industries Corp. (Coppell, Texas).

"Side projector light" was invented by Cheng-Chun Zhang (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A side projector light has a bottom lid, an upper lid, and a side hollowed-out plate. The bottom lid has multiple first holes and multiple second holes, and the first holes and the second holes are formed on the bottom lid. The upper lid has multiple third holes and multiple first columns, and the third holes and the first columns are formed on the upper lid. The side hollowed-out plate is mounted between the upper lid and the bottom lid and has multip...