ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,742, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Shopamova LLC (Palm Harbor, Fla.).
"Training volleyball system" was invented by Maurizio Rossi Lanzoni (Trescore Balneario, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A volleyball training system incorporates a training volleyball with ball attachment panels with ball hook-and-loop fastener exposed for detachable attachment of a tether panel by the panel hook-and-loop fastener. The tether panels have an attachment side with the panel hook-and-loop fastener and an exposed side having a tether coupler, such as a tether coupler loop configured to detachably attach with a tether. A single tether may be a...