ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,544, issued on July 8, was assigned to Industrial Design LLC (Jupiter, Fla.).

"Cable reformer" was invented by Eric Villency (Jupiter, Fla.) and Matt Brand (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure describes an exercise device including a first base and a second base. The first base includes a pair of support handles rotatably connected to the first base, a pair of cable arms rotatably connected to the first base, wherein the pair of cable arms include a first engagement mechanism, an electronic resistance device connected to a pair of cable handles via a pair of cables that pass through a pair of channels ...