ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,642, issued on April 29, was assigned to Tonal Systems Inc. (San Francisco).
"Exercise machine with retractable arm" was invented by Michael Valente (San Francisco), Robin Barata (San Francisco), David Mallard (Mill Valley, Calif.), Mickey Chad Makay (Santa Clara, Calif.), Daniel Jordan Kayser (Mill Valley, Calif.), Alex Kensil (Oakland, Calif.), Graham Philip Arrick (San Francisco), Andrew Mello (San Francisco) and Travis Weisberger (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A weight training machine includes a central console including a motor. It further includes an arm having a length attached on either side of the console ...