ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,604, issued on May 19.

"Type of slide toy" was invented by Yingxiao Cai (Shantou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new type of slide toy is provided, which includes a toy body; a track slide that is provided around the toy body; and a toy component that includes a toy platform, one or more toy balls, and one or more toy cars. The toy platform is provided on the toy body and provided with one or more rolling ball holes. The toy balls are configured to fall into the track slide through the rolling ball holes. The toy platform is provided with a starting slide rail, and the starting slide rail is connected to the track slide rail. ...