ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,608, issued on Oct. 27.

"Bracket assembly for maintaining a pistol drill position while rotating the screw in an adjustable hoop system" was invented by Keith Tate (Tomball, Texas), Ryan Tate (Tomball, Texas) and Zach Tate (Tomball, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hinged bracket assembly with a base plate having two L-shaped extended opposite arms and an aperture aligned with a bit in a basketball elevation post, where the bit is engaged with a gear operably engaged to a screw in the elevation post, wherein the opposite arms are sized to provide lateral blocking to the rotation of a pistol drill engaged to an adapter that mate...