ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,110, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to RecycleBalls Inc. (South Burlington, Vt.).
"Tennis ball recycling system, apparatus and method of use" was invented by Derrick Senior (South Burlington, Vt.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for tennis ball recycling that processes tennis balls into one or more constituent components to generate useful products is disclosed. The system includes a hopper to hold the balls for recycling; a grinder having a plurality of blades to initially cut the tennis balls in a first step to separate the rubber from the nylon; a cyclonic extractor that further separates loose fibers out in a s...