US Patent Issued to Pop-A-Shot Enterprise on June 2 for "Portable basketball game with dunk mode" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,025, issued on June 2, was assigned to Pop-A-Shot Enterprise LLC (Peoria, Ill.).

"Portable basketball game with dunk mode" was invented by Anthony John Stucker (Peoria, Ill.) and Ben Pollard (Peoria, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A basketball game includes a controller, first and second sensors, an audio device, a mounting bracket, a backboard mounted to the mounting bracket, and a basketball rim. The first sensor is configured to detect a basketball traveling though the basketball rim and to responsively generate a first signal. The second sensor is configured to detect movement of the basketball rim from a first position to a ...