ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,445, issued on Sept. 29.
"Football snap training device with motorized ball retraction system" was invented by Corey A. Sears (Hutto, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable football snap training device includes a body on legs, a spine supporting a neck that moves linearly relative to the body, a motorized linear drive powered by a battery and controlled by onboard electronics with wireless remote activation, and a strap that secures a regulation football at a bent distal neck portion so the ball hovers near ground level in a ready state; upon activation the drive rapidly retracts the neck to move the ball in a snap-simulat...