US Patent Issued to The 19th Hole on Aug. 19 for "Compressible sports ball for holding and delivering drinks" (Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,034, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to The 19th Hole LLC (Franklin, Tenn.).

"Compressible sports ball for holding and delivering drinks" was invented by Gil Costello (Franklin, Tenn.), Will Costello (Franklin, Tenn.), Tyler Stewart (Franklin, Tenn.) and Joel Dunham (Franklin, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Novelty drinking items are described. The novelty item may include a ball with a hollow interior, a compressible wall, and a fill hole. One or more slits may extend laterally from the fill hole. The novelty item may be filled with a beverage using a funnel and may sit on a ring-shaped stand."

The patent was filed on June 17...