US Patent Issued to Acushnet on July 14 for "Vertical delivery system for golf balls" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,673, issued on July 14, was assigned to Acushnet Co. (Fairhaven, Mass.).

"Vertical delivery system for golf balls" was invented by Michael A. Couto (New Bedford, Mass.), Jedediah H. James (Dighton, Mass.) and Roy A. Langton (Tiverton, R.I.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A delivery system for transporting a golf ball from a first location to a second location has a transport track. The transport track has a first track and a second track. The first track has a first contact edge and a second contact edge configured to simultaneously contact a golf ball. The second track has a third contact edge and fourth contact edge configured to si...