ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,846, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to OxeFit Inc. (Plano, Texas).
"Fitness equipment with tap control" was invented by Peter Neuhaus (Pensacola Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exercise equipment includes a motor, a cable coupled to the motor such that the motor is operable to create a tension in the cable, a sensor arranged to measure a parameter affected by tapping of a foot of a user of the exercise equipment, and control circuitry programmed to modify operation of the motor in response to detecting a pattern in the parameter as measured by the sensor."
The patent was filed on July 1, 2022, under Application No. 17/856,...