US Patent Issued to Hyperlith on March 17 for "Device to releasably secure pickleballs" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,313, issued on March 17, was assigned to Hyperlith LLC (Bellmead, Texas).

"Device to releasably secure pickleballs" was invented by Collin Kubacak (Bellmead, Texas), Guyanne Nichols (Austin, Texas) and Curtis Cathey (Manchaca, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pickleball holder may include a shaft and a spring mechanism. The shaft may have a diameter sized to fit through one or more holes in a pickleball. The spring mechanism may be at least partially within the shaft and may be configured to compress as the spring mechanism passes through a hole of the one or more holes and to expand when the spring mechanism is outside of the...