US Patent Issued to Nott on Sept. 8 for "Devices, systems, and methods for catching projectiles" (Minnesota Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,245, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Nott Co. (Arden Hills, Minn.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for catching projectiles" was invented by Robert Cornish (Coon Rapids, Minn.), Mathew McConkey (Annandale, Minn.), Dusten Carl O'Konek Jr. (Henderson, Minn.) and Justin D. York (Apple Valley, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a system for visually detecting projectiles to thereby confirm that the projectiles are not trapped in a conduit. The system includes a housing defining an inlet. A trap is positioned within the housing. The trap is moveable about and between a catching configuration and a releasing ...