US Patent Issued to Karsten Manufacturing on Sept. 29 for "Pickleball paddle having integral handle and rim assembly" (Arizona Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,440, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Karsten Manufacturing Corp. (Phoenix).

"Pickleball paddle having integral handle and rim assembly" was invented by Justin A. Paselk (Phoenix), Jordan D. Shoenhair (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Clayson C. Spackman (Scottsdale, Ariz.), Erik M. Henrikson (Phoenix), Isaac P. Dukes (Phoenix), John A Solheim (Phoenix) and Matthew A. Solheim (Phoenix).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pickleball paddle having an injection molded multi-piece frame surrounding and supporting a hitting face assembly. The frame provides design flexibility to separate control of the paddle stiffness from the playability characteris...