ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,024, issued on June 2, was assigned to Pop-A-Shot Enterprise LLC (Peoria, Ill.).

"Fold-up frame for a portable basketball game and portable basketball game with fold-up frame" was invented by Anthony John Stucker (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fold-up frame for portable basketball game device includes a base, a rear brace frame, and a backboard brace frame. The base has a base frame, a front leg structure and a rear leg structure. The front leg structure is rotatably coupled to a front side of the base frame, the rear leg structure is rotatably coupled to a rear side of the base frame. Each of the front and rear leg st...