ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,478,852, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Shoot-A-Way Inc. (Upper Sandusky, Ohio).
"Basketball launching device" was invented by John G. Joseph (Upper Sandusky, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A basketball launching device includes a user interface for receiving user input regarding a subset of locations of varying distance from a throwing mechanism to launch basketballs to for a player to catch and shoot towards a basketball goal as part of a practice session. A distance adjustment mechanism is connected to the throwing mechanism for adjusting an exit velocity of the basketballs launched by the throwing mechanism. A controller rec...