ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,741, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to MATTEL INC. (El Segundo, Calif.).
"Reconfigurable toy vehicle transporter" was invented by Maxence R. Bilodeau (Marina Del Rey, Calif.), Omar Rene Gonzalez (Inglewood, Calif.), Gabriel De La Torre (Los Angeles), Kar Fai So (Kwai Tsing, Hong Kong) and Gang Zhang (Shen Zhen, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reconfigurable toy vehicle transporter includes a first transporter that is reconfigurable between a first configuration and a second configuration, the first transporter including a base portion including a first surface having a first track, the base portion including a first compartme...