ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,324, issued on March 17.

"Shock absorbing deformable sporting support apparatus" was invented by Walter Lapicki (Lebanon, N.J.), Jennifer Lapicki (Lebanon, N.J.) and Zachary Bergeson (Fond du Lac, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deformable sporting support apparatus is provided. The deformable sporting support apparatus may comprise a plurality of support posts, a base component coupled to the plurality of support posts, and, for each support post of the plurality of support posts, a suspension mechanism coupled to the support post and the base component. The suspension mechanism may be configured to enable the support post to...