ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,090, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to BULLET PULLEY LLC (Jacksonville, Fla.).

"Pulley system for a weightlifting apparatus" was invented by Andrew William Decker (Jacksonville, Fla.), Steven Christopher Ramos (Saint Johns, Fla.) and Sri Chand (Pune, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pulley system for a weight lifting apparatus includes a swivel bracket attached to a V brace bracket on one side and a pulley bracket on the other side along with a V brace attached to the V brace bracket, and a pulley attached to the pulley bracket. This arrangement of the V brace, the V brace bracket, the swivel bracket, the pulley, and the pulley ...