ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,871, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Mattel-MEGA Holdings (US) LLC (El Segundo, Calif.).
"Construction set elements" was invented by Pierre Dion (Montreal), Louis-Philippe Beaulieu (Montreal) and Hugo Messier (Montreal).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A construction set assembly comprises a first construction element and a second construction element. The first construction element, which may be made of metal, may have a distal edge and a proximal recess adjacent to the distal edge, and the second construction element, which may be made of plastic, may have a wall and define a nest opening configured to receive the metal constructio...