ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,738, issued on May 20, was assigned to Fitness Friends LLC (Grayslake, Ill.).
"Dumbbell safety hook" was invented by Ronald Wyncott (Grayslake, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A safety hook is provided. The safety hook is configured to reversibly support a handle of an object horizontally above the ground. The safety hook includes a bracket, a shank end of a flat hook extending from a top bracket surface, a first J-hook shank end of a first J-hook extending from a bottom bracket surface, and a second J-hook shank end of a second J-hook extending from the bottom bracket surface and spaced apart horizontally from the first J-hook. ...