ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,137, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CLMBR Holdings LLC (Austin, Texas).
"Climbing exercise machine" was invented by Nathaniel Carruthers (Austin, Texas) and Joe Ellis (Ocala, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise machine creates a simulated continuous resisted climbing motion. The machine includes a floor- or ground-contacting base frame and two or more substantially vertically oriented uprights, wherein at least one upright is rigidly connected to the base frame. The machine further includes two handles and two foot pedals, each handle and each foot pedal being movably engaged with an upright for linear reciprocating...