ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,214,268, issued on Feb. 4.
"Climbing training device" was invented by Tao Kulczycki (Villars sur Ollon, Switzerland) and Dan Arnklit (Brooklyn, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A climb training device, as either a solid piece or as having detachable cylindrical sections with uniform radius and tapering width, having first and second base sides, each base side having a periphery where the device, as a solid piece, or where each of the device's detachable sections has a widest width section and a narrowest width section. A hole is located at the device's center. The hole may include openings on the first and second base sides of the devi...