ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,924, issued on April 8.

"Core exercise device with guide track" was invented by Melvin A. Barbera (Liberty Towship, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise device including a body engagement portion that can support a user, and a guide track assembly that can rotationally house the body engagement portion. The body engagement portion includes a base surface and a rotation support assembly. The base surface may support the user in a standard plank position. The body engagement portion may allow a user to rotate between a first side plank position, the standard plank position, and a second side plank position relative to a supp...