ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,331, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Medal Sports (Taiwan) Corp. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Two player three in one junior basketball game" was invented by Shih-Hsia Wu (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-game arcade-type apparatus includes a framework, a first goal assembly, a ball return chute, and a second goal assembly. The first goal assembly receives tossed balls in a first game and is attached to a support portion of the framework. The ball return chute includes a bed and sidewalls for collecting balls from the first goal assembly and is attached between the support portion and a foldable portion of the framework....