ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,114, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Brightz Ltd. (Ottawa Lake, Mich.).

"Apparatus for illuminating outdoor bag toss game" was invented by Ronald Finch (Ottawa Lake, Mich.) and Michael Sauppe (Ottawa Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illuminated cornhole platform comprising a top portion, at least two side portions, a front portion, a hole portion, at least one leg portion, and a back portion. The cornhole platform is illuminated by one or more illumination sources positioned to illuminate a length concentric to the hole portion of the rectangular portion. Additionally, the one or more illumination sources are light em...