ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,458, issued on Feb. 3.
"Multi-layer toy" was invented by Rayan Omidi (Katy, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-layer toy having at least one outer layer adjacent a planar layer or a ball where both the outer layer and the adjacent planar layer or ball each contain related information such that, in play, the information on the outer layer is made to align with the related information on the adjacent planar layer or ball. The information can comprise depictions of objects, things, characters, animals, or words, for a matching game, or the information can comprise numbers for a counting or mental math game. The toy is preferabl...