US Patent Issued to Peloton Interactive on Oct. 14 for "Mechanical assemblies for a treadmill" (Washington, New York, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,723, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Peloton Interactive Inc. (New York).

"Mechanical assemblies for a treadmill" was invented by Daniel Leon Matalon Munro (Snohomish, Wash.), Azhar Meyer (New York), Andrea Fox (Woodinville, Wash.), Joel Friedrick (San Diego), Matthew Baker (New York) and David Hermiller (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various devices, systems, methods, and apparatuses utilize mechanical assemblies to prevent, detect, and/or mitigate objects from entering or moving close to or under a treadmill or exercise machine. In some embodiments, a guard, or guard assembly, is attached or otherwise fixed to a rear a...