US Patent Issued to World Sports Products on Oct. 20 for "Dual-purpose pitching and pitchback machine with shock-absorbing netting and ball-chute harness" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,392, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to World Sports Products Inc. (St. George, Utah).

"Dual-purpose pitching and pitchback machine with shock-absorbing netting and ball-chute harness" was invented by William Coleman Lay (St. George, Utah) and Joseph Coleman Lay (St. George, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A ball propelling apparatus is interchangeable between pitching mode and a pitch back mode. In the pitching mode, a ball propelling machine with a mounting assembly is supported by a support assembly at a height above a supporting surface. The support assembly connects to the mounting assembly. In the pitch back mode, a netting...