ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,597, issued on March 18.

"Acrobatic exercise assembly" was invented by Teresa Castillo (Renton, Wash.) and Daniel Tostado (Renton, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An acrobatic exercise assembly includes a plurality of cross members which each has a unique structure with respect to each other. In this way each of the plurality of cross members can be gripped by a user in a different manner with respect to each other to facilitate the user to perform a variety of acrobatic maneuvers. A plurality of leg couplers is each coupled to a respective one of the plurality of cross members. A plurality of legs is provided and each of the p...