US Patent Issued to Dugan Health on May 6 for "Systems and methods for improving fitness equipment and exercise" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,752, issued on May 6, was assigned to Dugan Health LLC (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.).

"Systems and methods for improving fitness equipment and exercise" was invented by Brian M. Dugan (Sleepy Hollow, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides systems for and methods of playing a video game that includes providing a game character having a virtual appearance characteristic, receiving an input signal indicative of a user exercise performance level, and altering the virtual appearance characteristic in response to receiving the input signal. Numerous other aspects are disclosed."

The patent was filed on Oct. 17, 2023, u...