ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,244, issued on May 13.
"Youth javelin" was invented by Duncan Fuller Atwood (Kenmore, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A youth javelin having a tip, a shaft, a handle and a tail wherein the overall length of the youth javelin is in the range of 135 cm to 148 cm, the weight is in the range of 240 g and 265 g, has a balance point in the range of 57 cm and 60 cm measured from the forward end of the tip, and a weight-to-surface-area ratio in the range of 0.2000 g/cm2 to 0.2585 g/cm2."
The patent was filed on July 5, 2024, under Application No. 18/765,123.
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