ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,483, issued on Sept. 29.
"Partially transparent bath toys" was invented by Lynzee Ittah (Boca Raton, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hollow thermoplastic toy for use in a child's bath, having a vent hole, a transparent region and an opaque region, is manufactured by blow-molding a parison which features a region of transparent thermoplastic and a region of opaque thermoplastic. The transparent region serves to permit visual detection of the growth of mold or mildew within the toy."
The patent was filed on Aug. 25, 2024, under Application No. 18/814,547.
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