ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,722,056, issued on Sept. 1.

"Laminated pickle ball paddle" was invented by Troy Devon Hammett (Sebring, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laminated pickle ball paddle and method of making a compression molding a flat panel, therefore. The flat paddle made of a multi-layer laminate stack having, two layers of woven fiber material which are preimpregnated with a polymer resin, a sound deadening layer sandwiched between adhesive layers, and a central core layer made of a structural balsa material, a polypropylene honey comb material and or cork. On the other side or the central core another a sound deadening layer is sandwiched between ...