ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,481, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to ORBT Pty Ltd (Red Hill, Australia).
"Motion controlled spinning top" was invented by Daniel Dobrogorsky (Melbourne, Australia) and Josh Swinnerton (Red Hill, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A self-propelled and stabilized remote-controlled device is provided, that includes a spinning rotor and a separate platform above the spinning rotor that is rotationally stabilized to provide the device with an evident orientation to the user on which to base controlled movement. The device is suitable for use as a toy or similar novelty and suited for use in battle-type games between devices of ...