ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,566, issued on May 26, was assigned to SQUAREFACE INC. (Ardmore, Pa.).

"Golf training apparatus" was invented by Paul Victor Webb-Llano (Northfleet, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf training apparatus guides the execution of a golf shot. The apparatus comprises a first arm rotatable in a first plane about a first pivot at a first end of the first arm; a second arm coupled to the first arm and rotatable in second plane parallel to the first plane about a second pivot at a second end of the first arm and a first end of the second arm; and a gripper for coupling a golf club to the second arm, the gripper rotatable abou...