ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,594, issued on March 18.
"Portable exercise apparatus" was invented by James McGhee (Willow Grove, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable exercise apparatus intended for indoor use. A vertical spine is constructed and mounted to a plurality of wall braces. The spine has a series of pairs of hooks aligned vertically. The user can then place either a pulley plate or a body into a desired hook. Hooks are configured such that when the pulley plate or body is placed therein, force in a downward or straight direction would not remove the pulley plate or body. A bench can be attached to the pulley plate or body which then allows a u...