ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,922, issued on April 15.
"Magnetic pickleball" was invented by Jinlong Lai (Jinjiang, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A magnetic pickleball comprising a hollow body and a plurality of second magnetic parts attached to the body, wherein, the body is provided with a roughly spherical outer hub, and a plurality of holes are also formed on the body, and the plurality of holes are evenly distributed around an outer surface of the body; and wherein the second magnetic part comprises a closed end and an open end, and a diameter of the closed end is larger than that of the hole; and wherein when the plurality of second magnetic parts are...