ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,935, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to EPOCH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Figure holder" was invented by Kei Kamiyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A figure holder includes a support portion, two bulging portions, two linear portions, and two curved holding portions. The support portion includes an engaging portion configured to engage an attachment surface. The two bulging portions are formed on the support portion so as to bulge. The two bulging portions face each other. The two linear portions linearly extend from the respective two bulging portions toward a front end side with an interval therebetween. The two curved holding p...