US Patent Issued to Coulter Ventures on Sept. 23 for "Weighted bag" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,133, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Coulter Ventures LLC (Columbus, Ohio).

"Weighted bag" was invented by William Henniger (Columbus, Ohio), Laurie Ann Coughlan (Westerville, Ohio), Ahmik Jones (Upper Arlington, Ohio) and Steve Slater (Lancaster, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bag for filling with a weighted material includes a shell enclosing an inner cavity with an opening for access, a handle including a tubular body with a central passage, and first and second straps engaged with the handle and the bag. The first strap and the second strap each extend from within the central passage of the handle around the bottom of...