US Patent Issued to Coulter Ventures on Dec. 9 for "Weightlifting barbell" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,397, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Coulter Ventures LLC (Columbus, Ohio).

"Weightlifting barbell" was invented by Nicolas Garcia (Centerburg, Ohio), William Henniger (Columbus, Ohio), Ahmik Jones (Upper Arlington, Ohio), Martin Pritchett (Columbus, Ohio), Charlie Tighe (Columbus, Ohio) and Thomas Brown (Orient, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A barbell includes a central section having opposed ends, a mounting structure including first and second tubular members located at the ends of the central section and engaged with the first tubular member, and a second barbell section engaged with the second tubular member. The first ba...