ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,332, issued on Sept. 8.

"Modular pickleball paddle queue sliding rack" was invented by Brian William Flynn (Newport Coast, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sliding pickleball paddle queue rack for storing paddles and quickly and easily updating the queue may include an elongate rack with a channel extending into and along a greatest length thereof; and a plurality of paddle caddies slidably positioned within the channel, each paddle caddy of the plurality of paddle caddies configured to securely accommodate placement of a plurality of paddles therein, wherein the plurality of paddle caddies are designed to freely slide along a...