ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,749, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to LAPORTE HOLDING (Biot, France).
"Target throwing machine" was invented by Jean-Michel Laporte (Biot, France) and Jean-Marc Fouques (Antibes, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A target throwing machine includes a base and a turret surmounted by a throwing unit, the turret being movable in rotation relative to the base according to a main axis. The base includes an upper surface and the turret includes a lower surface opposite the upper surface. In which machine an intermediate system is interposed between the upper surface and the lower surface, the intermediate system being in contact with ...