ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,247, issued on May 13, was assigned to iFIT Inc. (Logan, Utah).
"Modular exercise device" was invented by Jared Willardson (Smithfield, Utah), Matt Jensen (Nibley, Utah), Travis Simon (Providence, Utah) and Scott Henderson (Logan, Utah).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A base exercise device includes at least one modular connection. The base exercise device is operable without any modular units connected to one of the modular connections. A modular unit may be physically connected to the base exercise device. The modular unit includes at least one exercise feature that is not included in the base exercise device."
The patent was filed ...