ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,124, issued on Oct. 7.
"Training device to deliver sports balls for practice" was invented by Taylor A Farnham (Ojai, Calif.), Andrew L. Prestridge (Ojai, Calif.), Jong H. Yang (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Pierrette Pelham Prestridge (Ojai, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device capable of repeatedly delivering one or more sports balls to the user in a time-controlled manner that mimics a human toss, without the use of electronic controls or electronic regulators. The device may be customizable to fit the needs or preferences of the user, such as being collapsible, foldable, expandable, or otherwise able to increase or decrease...