ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,898, issued on March 24.
"Handsfree dice roller" was invented by Nikhil Kosanam (Bethel, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dice rolling apparatus comprising a base, a controller, a sensor, a motor comprising a rotor, a dice enclosure comprising a member, a connecting structure. The member is attached to an inner surface of the shell of the dice enclosure and is positioned in a direction substantially parallel to an axis of rotation of the rotor. The connecting structure connects the rotor to the dice enclosure where the connecting structure extends from the rotor along the axis of rotation of the rotor. The sensor detects a mot...