ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,598, issued on Jan. 13.
"Bench press exercise supporting system" was invented by John Arthur Mousel (Irvine, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bench press exercising user safety device comprises a pair of bench safe insert rods including a multitude of rod holes for detachable fastening to bench press machine uprights. Each bench safe insert rod is topped with a detachable foam cushion ball to provide impact protection and comfort. A pair of adjustable rods for customizable height extension is respectively attached to the bench press machine uprights, with horizontal rearward extenders respectively connected to top ends of the ...