US Patent Issued to SPIN MASTER on March 25 for "Assembly with object in housing and mechanism to open housing" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,525, issued on March 25, was assigned to SPIN MASTER LTD. (Ontario, Canada).

"Assembly with object in housing and mechanism to open housing" was invented by David Lewis McDonald (Mississauga, Canada), Anne N. Charbonneau (North York, Canada), Hamid R. Hashemi (Mississauga, Canada) and Victor Lai (Unionville, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an aspect, a toy assembly is provided and includes a housing and an inner object inside the housing. The inner object includes a breakout mechanism that includes a hammer and an actuation lever. The hammer is movable between a retracted position in which the hammer is spaced from the hous...