ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,839, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HOME RUN DUGOUT LLC (Round Rock, Texas).
"Pitching machine and batting bay systems" was invented by Nicholas S. Hermandorfer (Austin, Texas), Lauren West (Cedar Park, Texas), John Kevin Gentry (Austin, Texas), Tyler L. Bambrick (Austin, Texas), Rodney D. Muras (Austin, Texas) and Scott Hudson (Georgetown, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball pitching device including a launching surface for receiving balls, the launching surface being configured to receive and hold a ball in the launching position prior to the ball being launched, a launching system including at least one impulse mechani...