ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,325, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to LifeWork Adapter LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Prosthetic hook adapter for sporting equipment" was invented by Marschell B. Saadon (Killeen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A prosthetic adaptor includes a post plate, a grip plate coupled to the post plate, and an equipment interface coupled to the post plate. The equipment interface can be coupled to the post plate at an end of the post plate distal from the grip plate. The post plate can include a concave surface. The concave surface can be configured to receive a Hosmer-like prosthetic hook."

The patent was filed on June 13, 2021, under Applica...