US Patent Issued to BRILLIANT VISION on Dec. 23 for "Interchangeable backboard and mounting hardware for a basketball hoop" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,588, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to BRILLIANT VISION LLC (Des Moines, Iowa).

"Interchangeable backboard and mounting hardware for a basketball hoop" was invented by Daniel E. Mauro (Johnston, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mounting system for a basketball hoop including the capability of rotating the basketball hoop between a first position and a second position, interchangeability of backboards for use with the basketball hoop, hanging picture frames with pictures therein from a mount of the basketball hoop, and increasing verticality of mounting apertures in a wall to produce a truly level basketball hoop."

The patent w...