ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,611, issued on Feb. 11.

"Multifunctional recumbent exercising device" was invented by Chih-Yung Hsu (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunctional recumbent exercising device is disclosed, including a base frame, a first transmission unit, a first retracting unit, a resistance unit, a first guiding piece and a first movable seat. By changing a relative position between the first movable seat and the first guiding piece, the position of a first slide-assistance portion of the first movable seat on the base frame can be changed. The multifunctional recumbent exercising device allows an operator to apply force to a fir...