US Patent Issued to TOMY on July 28 for "Game equipment" (Japanese, Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,363, issued on July 28, was assigned to TOMY COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Game equipment" was invented by Yuki Misaki (Tokyo), Hideyuki Kato (Tokyo), Makoto Tokunaga (Tokyo), Fujio Nobata (Tokyo), Tommy Lai (Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong) and Haruna Komori (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A game equipment includes a track belt unit, a drive unit, and a support unit. The track belt unit is formed in a ring shape. The track belt unit extends in a longitudinal direction. The drive unit rotates the track belt unit. The support unit supports the track belt unit. The track belt unit is wound around the support unit. The track belt unit is away fro...