US Patent Issued to Gym-in-a-Box on April 22 for "Versatile universal gym" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,289, issued on April 22, was assigned to Gym-in-a-Box LLC (Moncks Corner, S.C.).

"Versatile universal gym" was invented by Stacey M. Lewis-Dove (Charleston, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A universal gym exhibits improved versatility employing a frame supporting a weight stack connected via cable to an exercise attachment point, which further engages a floating pulley with an extension cable. Accessory receiving ports throughout the frame allow placement of the floating pulley virtually anywhere the athlete desires, affording a vast array of exercises employing the weight stack. Free weights, elastic bands, and the weight stack, ...