ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,892, issued on July 15, was assigned to Group One Ltd. (Ramsey, Great Britain).
"Tennis single stick with net cable support" was invented by Fredric Goldstein (Nacka, Sweden).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to a single stick for a net on a tennis court configured to maintain the net cord at its regulation height, including: a net cord support clip including a first portion configured to receive a net cord, and a second portion dimensioned such that the net cord remains within the first portion; and a single stick pipe, wherein the single stick pipe includes an open-topped channel,...