ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,558, issued on June 23, was assigned to Grandstand LLC (Battle Ground, Ind.).

"Extendable baseball carrier" was invented by Rod Hainje (Battle Ground, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball carrying assembly, including a first right circular cylindrical portion, a first disc portion disposed at one end of the first right circular cylindrical portion and fixed thereto to define a canister, a second right circular cylindrical portion defining a storage volume and disposable within the first right circular cylindrical portion and operationally connected thereto, a platform portion movably disposed within the second right circular cy...