ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,383,840, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Moose Creative Management Pty Ltd. (Cheltenham, Australia).

"Toy system" was invented by Alex Martin (Mentone, Australia), James Austin-Smith (Perranwell Station, Great Britain), Brandon Cole Sopinsky (Los Angeles), Miguel Rusch (Kilsyth, Australia) and Heng Shen Yeap (Reservoir, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interactive toy system is shown and described. The toy system includes a double walled flask adapted to be connected to a base forming an internal space capable of holding an object or a figurine. When an empty space between the double walls is filled with an opaque fluid, it...