ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,375, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Balanced Body Inc. (Sacramento, Calif.).

"Motorized reformer exercise apparatus and retrofit kit" was invented by Ken Endelman (Sacramento, Calif.) and John R. Wahl (Hardeeville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reformer exercise apparatus includes a frame having one or more rails spaced between a head end and a foot end of the frame, a carriage supported on the one or more rails for reciprocal movement of the carriage between the head end and the foot end of the frame, and an inverted U shaped foot bar carried by the one or more rails and selectively positionable near the foot end of the ...