ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,466, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Rep Fitness LLC (Westminster, Colo.).
"Weightlifting system" was invented by Joseph G. Larson (Westminster, Colo.), Samuel M. Pizer (Denver) and Ryan James McGrotty (Erie, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weightlifting system includes a frame with lower, middle, and upper pulley stations mounted therein. A load attachment structure is provided within the system. A cable-pulley system includes a plurality of fixed pulleys mounted to the frame, first and second moveable pulleys, and a floating load pulley mounted to the load attachment structure. A plurality of cables is collectively routed...