ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,335, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Power L Hitting LLC (Dover, Del.).

"Athletic swing training device" was invented by Jay Gibbons (Thousand Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An orthotic device having first and second support members, pivotally connected to each other, so as to prevent the angle between the first and second support members from forming an angle of less than 90 degrees relative to each other. The device is also configured to allow the first and second support members to freely pivot to any angle between 90 degrees and 270 degrees relative to each other. The orthotic device is adapted to be worn by an at...