ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,685, issued on July 14, was assigned to Shandong Normal University (Jinan, China).

"Soccer drill table for physical education" was invented by Yue Yu (Jinan, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of sports equipment, and in particular relates to a soccer drill table for physical education. In response to the problem that soccer sport cannot be depicted and drilled vividly when soccer teaching is performed via a soccer drill table, formal and clear boundary lines are arranged, allowing a lecturer to explain to students more easily, and helping the students to comprehend rules of a s...