US Patent Issued to MAXPRO Fitness on April 22 for "Exercise system with a variable resistance unit" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,290, issued on April 22, was assigned to MAXPRO Fitness LLC (Rochester, Mich.).

"Exercise system with a variable resistance unit" was invented by Harold Wilson (Holland, Mich.), Nezar Akeel (Rochester, Mich.) and Armando Cali (Macomb, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise system includes a bench system usable in combination with a resistance unit for the performance of a wide variety of exercises including those previously performed using free weights, exercise machines, rowing machines, and/or ski machines. The bench system preferably includes a bench unit, which is configurable in various bench configurations including fl...