ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,608, issued on Feb. 11.
"Dumbbell attachment apparatus with two-handed grip configuration" was invented by Erik Smith (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some embodiments, systems or devices, such as removable attachments, bars, multi-bars, or handles, are disclosed that allow binding to a wide variety of dumbbells and barbells available on the market. Binding to dumbbells and barbells of various sizes, types, brands, shapes, weights, dimensions, diameters and/or handle diameters, etc., is advantageous to allow interoperability and adaptability. In some examples, the variety of exercises that can be performed with a sing...