ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,277, issued on May 13, was assigned to JiMi IP LLC (Allegan, Mich.).

"Zip track and system" was invented by James Allen Liggett (Allegan, Mich.), Troy Lee Garland (Allegan, Mich.) and Timothy John Powers (Allegan, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A zip track system that is integrally connected to a challenge course so that a user can traverse one portion of the challenge course, and then can slide down the zip track system via a zip track to any other desired location."

The patent was filed on July 1, 2022, under Application No. 17/856,506.

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