ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,803, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Coulter Ventures LLC (Columbus, Ohio).

"Weightlifting rack assembly" was invented by Martin Pritchett (Columbus, Ohio), William Henniger (Columbus, Ohio) and Ahmik Jones (Upper Arlington, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weight rack assembly may include a plurality of vertical frame members and a plurality of lateral frame members extending between the plurality of vertical frame members. The weight rack assembly may also include a first lateral frame member that includes a gusseted end bracket at one end, where the gusseted end bracket includes a base plate, a lateral extension, a vertica...