ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,251, issued on June 24, was assigned to SUNSMILE Corp..
"Magnetic block toy, and travel course design drawing" was invented by Makoto Irie (Chiba, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a versatile track block for creating a track that is capable of securing a more dynamic range of motion for toy mobile object, rather than merely a toy block moved around by hand, and a track plan in which the order of colors or patterns of blocks on the track is recorded as a program. Projecting parts 100, 100 and recessed parts 101, 101 capable of mating with the projecting parts 100 are provided clockwise around the four sides of a block...