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Granted Patent B2
US 12,251,644 · App. 17/966,979 · Granted Mar 18, 2025

Fusible toy bead

Inventor: Ryo Sakai (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
A63H33/001A63H33/10
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Patent No.
US 12,251,644
App. No.
17/966,979
Granted
Mar 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention relates to a fusible toy bead containing a pigment as a colorant and a water-soluble resin, in which the pigment contains a gold or silver pigment, and the fusible toy comprising at least one weld line formed on a surface of the bead. A total content of the gold or silver pigment may be 45 wt % or more with respect to a total content of the pigment, and the gold or silver pigment may be a pearl powder.

Claims (17)

1. A fusible toy bead comprising:

a pigment as a colorant, and

a water-soluble resin,

wherein the pigment comprises a gold or silver pigment, and

the fusible toy comprising at least one weld line formed on a surface of the bead.

2. The fusible toy bead according to claim 1 , wherein

the fusible toy having a total content of the gold or silver pigment being 45 wt % or more with respect to a total content of the pigment.

3. The fusible toy bead according to claim 1 , wherein

the gold or silver pigment is a pearl powder.

4. The fusible toy bead according to claim 1 , wherein

the water-soluble resin comprises a polyvinyl alcohol.

5. The fusible toy bead according to claim 1 , wherein

the fusible toy having a particle diameter of 1 to 10 mm.

6. The fusible toy bead according to claim 1 , wherein

the gold or silver pigment has a particle diameter of 1 to 100 μm.

7. The fusible toy bead according to claim 1 , wherein

the fusible toy having a substantially spherical shape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 17, 2022
From: SAKAI, RYO
To: EPOCH COMPANY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 061439/0460 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-170484 · Oct 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230119099A1 · Apr 20, 2023
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