US Patent Issued to Anchor Health & Fitness on Oct. 14 for "Variable-resistance cable training assembly and methods of use" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,717, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Anchor Health & Fitness Inc. (Salem, Mass.).

"Variable-resistance cable training assembly and methods of use" was invented by Arthur N. Herring (Salem, Mass.), Paul J. Kenney (Beverly, Mass.), Zachary D. Caplin (Salem, Mass.) and Isaac E. H. Lewis (Windsor, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cable training assembly disposable within a portable housing includes a cable configured for pulling by a user and a screw mechanism configured to deflect at least one spring. The deflection of the spring exerts a retraction force on the cable in opposition to a force exerted on the cable by the user. ...