US Patent Issued to THE BALL CADDY on July 28 for "Sport ball retrieving system" (Alabama, Tennessee Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,338, issued on July 28, was assigned to THE BALL CADDY LLC (Daleville, Ala.).

"Sport ball retrieving system" was invented by Torsten Schulz (Ooltewah, Tenn.) and William Turner (Daleville, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball retriever assembly for retrieving and storing balls includes a hopper body defining a hollow storage space therein and at least one attachment configured for removable coupling to the hopper body. Each of the attachments includes a retrieval structure configured for unidirectional passage of one of the balls through the corresponding one of the attachments. A lid is configured for removable coupling to the...