ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,206, issued on March 11.
"Fitness device for generating internal opposing muscle resistance" was invented by Michael Wayne Tang (Taipei, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fitness device tor exercising by creating opposing muscle resistance instead of employing weights, gravity, or elastic bands, contains a flexible, substantially inelastic strap and a plurality of handles positioned on the substantially inelastic strap. Each handle contains a first grip portion, a second grip portion, and an internal rail. Each handle has a non-movable configuration in which the first and second grip portion are engaged with each other to prev...