ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,993, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ComfitPro (PTY) LTD (Sydney).
"Lawn bowl" was invented by Robin Paul (Denham Court, Australia), Gregory Williams (Milton, Australia) and Walter Jacobs (Vaucluse, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a bowl. The bowl is provided with at least one grip ring, which grip ring is in the form of a first groove formed into the surface of the bowl and a second groove formed into the surface of the first groove, and a resiliently deformable or elastic band which fits into the second groove such the surface of the band is flush with or slightly proud of the surface of the first...