ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,228, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to TrophySmack Inc. (Orange, Calif.).
"Trophy device and method of making the same" was invented by Matthew Walsh (Orange, Calif.), Dax Holt (Anaheim, Calif.) and Eugene Yesin (Laguna Hills, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trophy apparatus, comprising, in at least one embodiment, a plurality of columns; a base piece comprising a plurality of grooves, each configured to attach to a bottom end of each of the plurality of columns, and further comprising an interface configured to couple to a plaque mount; and a lid piece comprising a plurality of grooves, each configured to attach to a top en...