ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,599, issued on March 18, was assigned to CKNAPP SALES INC. (Goodfield, Ill.).
"Elliptical cycle" was invented by Kevin Lawrence Colburn (Windsor, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable elliptical exercise apparatus where movement of the right pedal or left pedal defines an ellipse having an ellipse width and ellipse height, where the ellipse height can be incrementally varied according to the pedal surface location of a left foot or right foot on a corresponding left pedal or right pedal."
The patent was filed on Oct. 21, 2022, under Application No. 17/971,020.
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