ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,643, issued on April 29.

"Portable wearable resistance band training apparatus" was invented by Terrell M. Morton (Bethlehem, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable, wearable resistance band training apparatus having at least one resistance device secured in a channel of a strap portion forming shoulder straps, and a plurality of access openings in the shoulder strap portion for grasping and extending the resistance device from the sleeve for performing one or more resistance training exercises."

The patent was filed on Aug. 26, 2022, under Application No. 17/822,745.

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