ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,281,744, issued on April 22, was assigned to TOP FORM DESIGN LLC (Yakima, Wash.).

"Pivotable bracket with internal cable" was invented by Ronald Casey Jones (Yakima, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pivotable bracket with an internal cable, for use with freestanding personal exercise apparatus. The pivotable bracket connects a top bar of the exercise apparatus, such as a treadmill, to a monitor screen normally connected directly to the top bar, serving to extend the distance between the top bar and the monitor, and to provide a rotatable connection there between. The pivotable bracket comprises of a pivot body and pivot clamp attach...