ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,822, issued on April 14, was assigned to Sponeta GmbH (Schlotheim, Germany).
"Net holder for a play net" was invented by Hannes Paul Jessing (Bad Langensalza, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a net holder (1) for a play net (23), comprising: an inner post (3) with a net mounting portion (19) designed for insertion into a net loop (24) of the play net (23), and a spindle (12) with an external thread; an at least substantially L-shaped body (2) with an outer post (5) and a cross bar (6), the outer post (5) being designed as a hollow box profile for receiving and guiding the inner post (3) and having a sl...