ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,480, issued on Dec. 16.
"Variable force pneumatic exercise staff and method" was invented by Philippe Til (Woodland Hills, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary variable force pneumatic exercise staff comprises at least one staff segment including a pneumatic cylinder and a handle element. The pneumatic cylinder is elongated and has a handle engagement end and a staff first end disposed oppositely of one another. The pneumatic cylinder is actuatable between a compressed configuration and an extended configuration such that a cylinder length is greater in the extended configuration than in the compressed configuration. Th...