ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,898, issued on July 22.
"Exercise weight support device enhancements" was invented by John Gordon Kay (Avon Lake, Ohio), Thomas John Slomka (North Royalton, Ohio), David Gilchrist Kay (Stacy, Minn.) and Brian Richard Clark (Oberlin, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise weight support device includes: a spool connected to a belt to suspend the device, the spool being rotatable to enable more or less of the belt to be wound therearound to change the vertical position of the device; a ratchet wheel drivingly coupled to the spool to control rotation thereof; an outer frame having a cradle and/or pair of hooks to support a bar ...