ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,326, issued on March 31, was assigned to BANDAI Co. LTD. (Tokyo).
"Parts supply body" was invented by Yusuke Morooka (Tokyo) and Erika Nagai (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A parts supply body includes a plurality of parts supply units including parts of a model, the parts supply units being connected to each other. Each of the parts supply units is structured such that only at least one or more parts belonging to one portion among a plurality of portions that constitute the model are each connected to a first runner by a second runner. The first runners of the parts supply units are connected to each other such that the parts...