ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,467, issued on Dec. 30.
"Apparatus for the practice of physical exercises with a cable stretch variation system" was invented by Bruno Rodrigues Giannoccaro (Sao Paulo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus equipped with a cable stretch variation system comprising three horizontal and parallel platforms, vertically movable, together or separately, when pulled by a steel cable "C". Each platform is traversed by the columns and is provided with a respective pulley. On the top platform, mobile carriages are mounted, whose rollers slide vertically along the columns. At least two platforms and are provided with a respective through-h...