US Patent Issued to EPOCH on July 14 for "Figure-playable portable toy" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,699, issued on July 14, was assigned to EPOCH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Figure-playable portable toy" was invented by Kei Kamiyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A figure-playable portable toy includes: a body configured to be installed on an installation surface; a lid provided on the body via a first hinge so as to be allowed to open and close, the lid defining a storage space between the lid and the body; and a grip portion. The lid includes a contact portion that comes into contact with the installation surface in a state in which the lid is opened relative to the body such that the contact portion holds the lid while the lid...