ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,361, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Zhuping Xu (Yongkang, China).

"Telescopic assembly for adjustable dumbbell and adjustable dumbbell" was invented by Zhuping Xu (Yongkang, China), Renzheng Wu (Yongkang, China) and Yi Zhou (Jinhua, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a telescopic assembly for an adjustable dumbbell, including a rotating rod and a telescopic rod. The rotating rod is a hollow round rod. The telescopic rod includes two semi-cylindrical rods split in half. The telescopic rod is inserted into the rotating rod. Toggle members are respectively arranged at two ends of the rotating rod. The toggle me...