ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,828, issued on Nov. 11.
"Multi-grip medicine ball" was invented by Martin Goldberg (Mahopac, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-grip medicine ball may include a medicine ball having a body and an outer surface, and a plurality of paired grips may be disposed along the outer surface of the medicine ball. A rigid external framework may extend through the body of the medicine ball, such that a first portion of the rigid external framework may protrude from a first side of the body of the medicine ball and a second portion of the rigid external framework may protrude from a second side of the body of the medicine ball."
The pat...