ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,883, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Tonal Systems Inc. (San Francisco).
"Assisted unracking of digital resistance" was invented by Gabriel Peal (San Francisco) and Brandt Belson (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assisted unracking of digital resistance includes detecting a state of a cable. A motor is mechanically coupled to the cable to provide resistance during an exercise by tensioning the cable. It further includes determining a readiness of the user to accept resistance based at least in part on the detected state of the cable. It further includes selectively applying resistance by the motor to the cable accordin...