ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,867, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SEN-TI-NEL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Hip joint structure for figure, and figure" was invented by Takashi Kitamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hip joint structure includes: right and left hip joint shafts to pivotably couple right and left thigh parts to a body of a figure; and a hip joint cover to cover gaps between the body and the right and left thigh parts. Each of the hip joint shafts is bent outward in a right-and-left direction of the figure while extending from the body toward a corresponding one of the thigh parts. Each of the thigh parts has a hip joint shaft receiving hole to rec...