ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,350,546, issued on July 8, was assigned to Tonal Systems Inc. (San Francisco).
"Floor-based exercise machine configurations" was invented by Michael Valente (San Francisco), Robin Barata (San Francisco), David Mallard (Mill Valley, Calif.) and Thomas Kroman Watt (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise system includes an exercise platform comprising an internal motor coupled to a cable exiting the exercise platform via a portal in an exit direction to transmit force to a remote handle. It further includes an auxiliary pulley external to the exercise platform that redirects the cable from the exit direction to facilitate a...