ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,615, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to MATTEL INC. (El Segundo, Calif.).
"Toy figurine with extendable surprise elements" was invented by Patricia Chan (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Steven D. Ryniker (Torrance, Calif.), Andrew Sik lun Wong (Torrance, Calif.) and James Molina (Westminster, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy figurine and/or toy includes a body portion having one or more openings and styling features, the one or more openings being at least partially obscured by the styling features, and a mechanism with an actuator configured to extend externally of the body portion, wherein actuating the actuator from a first pos...