ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,741, issued on May 6, was assigned to VICTORY GRIPS LLC (Tybee Island, Ga.).

"Exercise grip" was invented by Victor Brian Pellegrino (Tybee Island, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise grip is disclosed. The exercise grip includes a protective portion and a wrist strap connected to a wrist end of the protective portion. The protective portion has a finger end in which three or four finger holes are defined. The protective portion also has a palm portion that extends from the finger holes to the wrist end. The protective portion varies in width from the wrist end to the finger end. The protective portion can be formed to cov...