ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,505,909, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Fox Factory Inc. (Duluth, Ga.).
"Methods and apparatus for virtual competition" was invented by Mario Galasso (Sandy Hook, Conn.), Wesley E. Allinger (Santa Cruz, Calif.), David M. Haugen (Pacific Grove, Calif.), Robert David Kaswen (Watsonville, Calif.) and Mark Stephen Fitzsimmons (Gilroy, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system configured to be coupled with a participant of an activity. The system comprises: a participant activity monitoring unit configured for monitoring a performance of the activity by the participant; an activity information module configured for storing performanc...