ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,362, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Retrospective Goods LLC (New York).
"Magnetic construction tile set" was invented by Shihan Qu (Denver) and Craig Zucker (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manipulative construction set comprising a plurality of construction tiles. Each of the tiles can comprise a side forming a tile perimeter, wherein the side includes an inward extending pocket formed therein. Each of the tiles can further comprise a magnet rotatably retained within the pocket, wherein a portion of the magnet retained in the pocket is exposed. The exposed portion of the magnet can rotate between a first polarity and a s...