ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,459, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Smart Industries Corp. (Des Moines, Iowa).
"Prize acquisition arcade game with robot" was invented by Jeffrey T. Smart (Altoona, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An arcade game includes a robot that can be controlled by a player to capture one or more items. The robot may include a stationary base, a lower member rotatably connected to the base to rotate about a first generally vertical axis, a torso member rotatably mounted to the lower member that rotates about a second axis that is generally horizontal; an arm member rotatably mounted to the torso member to rotate about a third axis tha...