US Patent Issued to Ty on Oct. 7 for "Bouncing toy with plush exterior" (Illinois Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,107, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Ty Inc. (Westmont, Ill.).

"Bouncing toy with plush exterior" was invented by Ty Warner (Westmont, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present application relates to a toy comprising an internal ball structure comprising a highly resilient material capable of significant bouncing off a hard surface, a plush fabric skin configured to cover the internal ball structure such that the plush fabric exterior does not significantly impact or dampen the ability of the internal bouncing ball structure to bounce when impacting a surface."

The patent was filed on Feb. 21, 2024, under Application No. 18/5...