ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,016, issued on June 17.
"Resistance-increasing equipment" was invented by Eric Spielman (Nederland, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exercise equipment includes a primary support member, a pivot provided to an end of the lever beam, a stabilizer provided to the primary support member distal from the fulcrum and at least one step provided to the primary support member intermediate the pivot and the stabilizer. The exercise equipment extends effective length of a user during a bodyweight exercise by increasing a lever length and distancing a user's feet from a fulcrum. With the lever lengthened or extended by way of the exercise eq...