ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,596, issued on Jan. 13.
"Apparatus for resistance training" was invented by Laura Louise Gilbert (Saxmundham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for resistance training comprising a frame supporting: a rotational pivot for providing rotation in a vertical plane; a horizontal reaction arm adapted to be moved by a human user; and an actuation arm rotatably mounted on the rotational pivot and rotationally mounted on the horizontal reaction arm; such that a force on the horizontal reaction arm causes the reaction arm to move about the rotational pivot whilst remaining horizontal. The frame further comprises a resis...