ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,416, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Spin Master Ltd. (Ontario, Canada).

"Toy assembly and extensible object therefor" was invented by Amy A. Pruzansky (Toronto), Arta Alagheband (Toronto) and Franklin La Barbara (Rumford, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an aspect, a toy assembly is provided, and includes a toy assembly housing, an extensible object inside the toy assembly housing, an extension mechanism, and an extension member power source. The extensible object includes a base, and first and second extension members. The extension mechanism is operable to drive the first and second extension members towards extended posi...