ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,596, issued on July 28, was assigned to Roblox Corp. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Rigid accessory adjustment" was invented by Brandon Tran (San Mateo, Calif.), David Sapienza (San Mateo, Calif.), Alexander Ehrath (San Mateo, Calif.), Faraz Baghernezhad (San Mateo, Calif.), Jared Kirk (San Mateo, Calif.), Priyal Mehta (San Mateo, Calif.), Liz Gatapia (San Mateo, Calif.) and Padi Yi Tang (San Mateo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Rigid accessory adjustment provides dynamic manipulation of accessories, such as clothing items, headgear, weapons, and ornaments, attached to virtual game three-dimensional (3D) avatars. The rigid accessories...