ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,415, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to LEGO A/S (Billund, Denmark).
"Two part toy figurine and a toy system" was invented by Rene Christensen Wellejus (Billund, Denmark), Troels Nobert (Billund, Denmark), Henning Kirk (Billund, Denmark) and Bjarke Holt Pedersen (Billund, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy figurine having a first part resembling an upper body of a character and a second part resembling a lower body of the character. The first part includes a connection element configured to mate with the mating element of the second part, forming a complete character. The first part includes two or more switches formed at a...