ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,470, issued on March 25.
"Adaptive dumbbell holder for intergration into a pulley system for resistance exercise" was invented by Jacob R. Milich (Milich, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention is an adaptive dumbbell holder designed to incorporate a dumbbell into a pulley-based resistance machine for a wider range of exercises. The invention comprises a holder, shaped to securely receive a dumbbell, and the necessary elements for affixing the holder to a pulley system. Once a dumbbell is placed into the holder and the holder is integrated into the pulley system, the dumbbell serves as the resistance weight. This ...