US Patent Issued to LEGO on March 31 for "Toy figurine with a button system" (Danish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,320, issued on March 31, was assigned to LEGO A/S (Billund, Denmark).

"Toy figurine with a button system" was invented by Rene Christensen Wellejus (Billund, Denmark), Troels Nobert (Billund, Denmark) and Henning Kirk (Billund, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy figurine comprising a multi-part housing. The toy figurine includes a circuit board provided in the multi-part housing. The circuit board is in electrical communication with an electrical switch for activating a functionality of the circuit board. The toy figurine includes an elongate pin provided in an interior of the multi-part housing and a push button provided ...