ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,320, issued on Sept. 8.
"Extended ball retrieving device and method" was invented by Edward C. Pittson (Vallejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An extended ball retrieving device and method for retrieving a bocce ball includes a base being a rectangular prism shape. The base has top surface, a bottom surface, and a pair of side surfaces. A shaft protrudes out from the top surface of the base and has a far end and a near end relative to the base thus the far end of the shaft has a handle. A pair of cradles is positioned on a respective one of the pair of the side surfaces of the base. Each of the cradles further includes a pair...