ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,781, issued on July 15, was assigned to Alliance Sports Group LP (Roanoke, Texas).

"Hand held spotlight" was invented by Todd Lee Marcucci (Mansfield, Texas), Clark McCune (Roanoke, Texas), Jimmy Prieto (Trophy City, Texas) and James Brandon Roach (Keller, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hand-held lighting device is disclosed with a handle and a head housing a first and second light source, wherein a longitudinal axis of the head is disposed at a non-parallel angle with respect to a longitudinal axis of the handle. The first light source is annular light emitting diode and the second light source is a light excited phosphor."...