ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,793, issued on March 3, was assigned to BANDAI Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Deformable toy" was invented by Tadanori Kanemura (Tokyo) and Kanako Ikeda (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deformable toy deformable from a first form to a second form different from the first form includes: a first component; a second component; a holding mechanism provided in the first component and capable of holding the second component in a first position; and a release mechanism provided in the first component and capable of releasing the second component from the holding mechanism by vibration. The second component released from the holding mechanism by ...