ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,245, issued on May 13.

"Swing training aid and methods of using same" was invented by Christian Compean (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A swing training aid with a foldable platform that applies two-way resistance for the purposes of swing training. With the swing training aid in its upright position, an athlete dons the bi-directional belt of the swing training aid and takes hold of a coil indicator strap of the swing training aid. At this point, the athlete can utilize the feedback given by the swing training aid to initiate training with the goal of improving rotational velocity. A stepwise method of utilization of the...