US Patent Issued to DECATHLON on May 19 for "Equipment for playing basketball" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,629,576, issued on May 19, was assigned to DECATHLON (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France).

"Equipment for playing basketball" was invented by Uisant Le Cunff (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France), Clement Dauchy (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France) and Jerome Legache (Villeneuve d'Ascq, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a piece of equipment for playing basketball, comprising a base and a post with an upper post section carrying a board on which a basketball hoop is mounted. The post has a lower post section which is rotatably mounted on the base, the board is mounted on the upper post section through a rotational mechanism between an ang...