ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,639, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Puttshack LTD (London).
"Miniature golf hole with spinning wheel" was invented by Samuel Nicolas Jones (Scraptoft, Great Britain) and Thomas Stephen David Hopkinson (Reading, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A miniature golf hole with a spinning wheel is disclosed. An example miniature golf hole includes a spinning wheel that defines cavities arranged circumferentially about the spinning wheel. A cavity surface of each of the cavities defines one or more cavity openings through which the golf ball is capable of traveling upon entering the respective cavity. The one or more cavity op...