ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,088, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Christoph VAD (Munich).
"Fitness device" was invented by Christoph Vad (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to a cable tensioning station for providing a defined resistance force for resistance training, including a weight (9), which is arranged movably above a pull element (7, 17) and on which the resistance force is at least dependent, the pull element (7, 17) being guided via at least one coupling roller (18), which is designed to transfer a linear motion of the pull element as a rotary motion to a generator (19) to generate electrical energy, characterised in that the...