ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,208, issued on June 24, was assigned to Life Fitness LLC (Rosemont, Ill.).
"Noise abatement for fitness machines" was invented by Dylan McGregor (Bonfield, Ill.) and Peter Kanakaris (Arlington Heights, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fitness machine operable by a user. The fitness machine includes a base that extends in a length direction, a width direction, and a height direction that are perpendicular to each other. A mobile portion is configured to support the user during operation of the fitness machine. A resilient body is configured to provide a resistance against the mobile portion moving towards the base in the height d...