ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,446,550, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to T.F.H. PUBLICATIONS INC. (Neptune City, N.J.).

"Spherical toy" was invented by Glen S. Axelrod (Colts Neck, N.J.) and Ajay Gajria (Monmouth Junction, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy comprising a sphere having a spherical first-half and a spherical second-half which are rotatable relative to one another from a first position to a second position. Each half includes a plurality of track segments. In the first position, a first position track includes at least one track segment of each half. In the second position, a second position track includes at least one track segment of each half,...