ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,736, issued on May 20, was assigned to Oxefit Inc. (Plano, Texas).

"Exercise apparatus with integrated bench assembly" was invented by Tyson Cobb (Pensacola, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bench assembly includes a bench surface configured to support a user and a support structure coupled to the bench surface and comprising a plurality of pivot points. Pivoting of the support structure at the plurality of pivot points provides for movement of the bench surface between a deployed orientation in which the bench surface is positioned for use during performance of a first exercise and a stowed orientation different from the deploy...