ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,570, issued on July 8, was assigned to ID SPORTS GMBH (Stuttgart, Germany).
"Slackline device" was invented by Robert Kaeding (Stuttgart, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A slackline device comprising a main body having at least one bearing portion and two mutually opposite end portions which are disposed so as to be elevated in relation to the at least one bearing portion, and comprising a webbing which in an assembled state of the slackline device is tensioned between the two end portions of the main body. The slackline device is preferably portable. Strictly speaking, the slackline device disclosed herein is not a slackline i...