ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,376, issued on April 29.
"Stretch apparatus and method of multidirectional stretching using same" was invented by Spence Spencer (Phoenix).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A stretch apparatus incorporates an ankle beam to secure a person's ankle up with their leg secured on a leg beam to stretch the hip, including rotating the torso while the leg is retained in the stretch apparatus. An exemplary ankle beam has an ankle beam cup, or a depression to retain the ankle on the ankle beam and prevent the ankle from sliding, which might cause injury during a stretch. The leg beam has a leg beam cup to retain a portion of the leg. The leg beam a...