ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,889, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to SEN-TI-NEL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Shoulder joint structure for figure, and figure" was invented by Takashi Kitamoto (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a shoulder joint structure for a figure, which makes a shoulder joint of a figure look human-like as much as possible when a corresponding arm of the figure is moved. The shoulder joint structure for a figure includes: a shoulder base part configured to form a base of a shoulder and an underarm of a figure; and an upper arm part to be coupled to the shoulder base part without a gap. The shoulder base part is pivotable about a first piv...