US Patent Issued to HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS on July 22 for "Smith machine having reversible components that vary the lifting angle of the machine" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,896, issued on July 22, was assigned to HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS INC. (Poway, Calif.).

"Smith machine having reversible components that vary the lifting angle of the machine" was invented by Jeffrey O. Meredith (Del Mar, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Smith Machine, having a pair of reversible bottom support brackets that can be mounted in a first position such that the upright assembly is in a first upwardly extending orientation or in a second position such that the upright assembly is in a second upwardly extending orientation so as to vary the lifting angle of the Smith Machine, and a pair of upright assemblies providing sa...