ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,301, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Roger Allen Jr. (Pittsburgh).

"Exercise device and method of use thereof" was invented by Roger Allen Jr. (Pittsburgh) and Greg Goeckel (Ofallon, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise device and a method of use thereof are provided. The exercise device comprises a frame, a track, a handle, and a force control device. The track is operatively coupled to the frame. The handle is slideably engaged with the track and configured to move from a first position relative to the track to a second position relative to the track. The first position and the second position are different. The force c...