US Patent Issued to Cup it!LLC on Oct. 27 for "Ball for game and rules of play" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,598, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Cup it!LLC (Parker, Colo.).

"Ball for game and rules of play" was invented by Joshua John Crockett (Parker, Colo.) and Karen Bernadette Crockett (Parker, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A game ball is disclosed which may be tossed and caught using a cup according to rules of game play. An example game ball includes a spherical body defined by a central axis extending between a first pole and a second pole on opposite ends of the spherical body. The spherical body is further defined by a plurality of equally spaced longitudinal lines extending between the first pole and the second pole. The...