ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,291, issued on April 22.

"Multi-function collapsible exercise apparatus" was invented by Alfred Sidney Smith (Sammamish, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise apparatus for a person to exercise on a support surface includes two side frames that each include a base member, and a front member and a rear member each pivotally attached to the base member. Each side frame is aligned and mutually fixed together at a rear support member joining the rear members and at a front support member joining the front members. Two barbell support members each have a hook at an upper end thereof for supporting a barbell, and are fixed uprigh...