ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,357, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS INC. (Poway, Calif.).
"Add on weight system for an exercise machine" was invented by Jeffrey O. Meredith (Del Mar, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An add-on weight selection system for an exercise machine having an add-on weight panel configured to be lifted together with a selected number of stacked weight plates; and an add-on weight selection mechanism for moving the add-on weight panel between: an engaged position such that the add-on weight panel engages with the weight plates to be lifted and is lifted together with the selected weight plates, and a disengage...