US Patent Issued on July 1 for "Simulated defender for sports training" (American, Ugandan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,609, issued on July 1.

"Simulated defender for sports training" was invented by Tonny Lukongwa (Everett, Wash.) and Cyrus Nkonge Lukongwa (Kampala, Uganda).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sports training machine with limbs that dynamically rotate to intercept a player/user moving with a ball. As the player/user moves with the ball while avoiding the dynamic and rotary limb structures, the resulting path traversed by the User/Player enables the player/user to practice real game skills."

The patent was filed on Sept. 22, 2021, under Application No. 18/246,220.

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