ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,474, issued on March 25, was assigned to Freak Athelete Essentials LLC (Casper, Wyo.).

"Multi-configuration exercise devices with removable pads" was invented by Yogesh Taxak (West Bloomfield, Mich.), Benjamin Alfred Elster (Walnut Creek, Calif.) and Liang Han Wu (Fujian, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-configuration exercise device may include a base frame. A multi-configuration exercise device may include an interface frame. A multi-configuration exercise device may include a first cylindrical pad, such that the interface frame is manipulatable in one or more of: a height with respect to the base frame, or an orientat...