ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,363, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to MATTEL INC. (El Segundo, Calif.).
"Toy figure with reconfigurable apparel portion" was invented by Patricia Chan (Redondo Beach, Calif.), Steven D. Ryniker (Torrance, Calif.) and Riki Yoshida (Torrance, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A toy figure includes an upper portion and a lower portion, with each of the upper portion and the lower portion being rotatable relative to the other one of the upper portion and the lower portion. The toy figure includes a reconfigurable apparel portion that includes an apparel section with a first side having a first pattern and a second side having a sec...