ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,246,210, issued on March 11, was assigned to Coulter Ventures LLC (Columbus, Ohio).
"Monolift rack assembly" was invented by Charlie Tighe (Columbus, Ohio), Ahmik Jones (Upper Arlington, Ohio), Tyler McClure (Galena, Ohio), Donnell Carrington III (Columbus, Ohio), Martin Pritchett (Columbus, Ohio) and Nash Dunahay (Blacklick, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A monolift assembly includes a carriage assembly configured to be releasably secured to a post of a rack for weightlifting equipment. A pivoting piece is pivotally connected to the carriage assembly and has a hook at a first end thereof and a counterweight at a second end thereof...