ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,592, issued on March 18, was assigned to Lagree Technologies Inc. (Chatsworth, Calif.).

"Exercise machine resistance selection system" was invented by Sebastien Anthony Louis Lagree (Chatsworth, Calif.) and Max E. Wunderlich (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise machine resistance selection system for efficiently and easily adjusting a resistance force applied against movement of a carriage in at least one direction. An exercise machine includes a frame having at least one rail and a carriage movably connected to the at least one rail. A biasing member is selectively and removably connected to the carriage by a fir...