ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,491, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to TOCA Football Inc. (Costa Mesa, Calif.).
"System and method for a ball-throwing machine" was invented by Wayne Morton Rapp (Irvine, Calif.), Lindon Alford Baker (Yorba Linda, Calif.), Richard Alan Gros (Anaheim Hills, Calif.) and Daniel Taylor Murphy (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball-throwing machine is disclosed that includes one or more launch wheels configured to impart motion to one or more balls, a frame attached to the one or more launch wheels, and a control circuit configured to control the one or more launch wheels. The control circuit includes a processor, non-tran...