ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,427, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to EPOCH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).
"Handheld item for figure" was invented by Shun Makita (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld item for a figure includes: an opening portion; a step portion formed in a step shape from a part of an inner wall within the opening portion; a recess portion provided on an inner side of the step portion within the opening portion, the recess portion being configured to allow at least a part of a hand of the figure to be inserted into the recess portion; and a pair of bulging portions bulging inward from a pair of opposing inner walls defining the recess portion....