ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,679, issued on July 14.
"Basketball practice device and method" was invented by Thester Campbell (Allen, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A basketball practice device for training a player to shoot with hir or her arms up includes a base member. The basketball practice device also includes a vertical member coupled to the base member. The vertical member has a lower end coupled to the base and an upper end. The basketball practice device further includes a horizontal member coupled to the upper end of the vertical member. Vertical guideposts may be coupled to the horizontal member."
The patent was filed on Dec. 26, 2022, under A...