ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,324,957, issued on June 10.

"Head pressure-resistant device for neck exercises" was invented by Andrew Sakhrani (Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Canada) and Neil Rohr (Cote-Saint-Luc, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for neck exercises comprising a base, a resistance assembly, and a movable body. The base defines a surface engaging side and an opposite inner side. The resistance assembly comprises at least one resistance element comprising flexible and resilient material. The resistance assembly is mounted to the inner side of the base and defines a height thereof. The movable body is movably mounted to the base for reciprocally movin...