ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,207, issued on Oct. 6.
"Method for connecting/disconnecting hinged ball and socket blocks" was invented by Daniel A Eichenbaum (Pittsburgh).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for connecting and disconnecting two blocks, a first block having at one end a socket for accepting a ball protrusion from a second block. The first block includes a plurality of elongate clip arms which when squeezed towards one another assist with: (i) insertion of the ball protrusion of the second block into the socket of the first block, and with (ii) removal of the ball protrusion of the second block from the socket of the first block. The method compris...