ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,458, issued on April 7.
"Exercise apparatus" was invented by Kate Serodio (Hampton, N.H.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise apparatus, comprising a foot holder; the foot holder including a pull strap and a strap guide; the strap guide positioned such that the strap guide lies adjacent a top side of a midfoot section of a foot and/or lies adjacent one or more metatarsals of a forefoot section of the foot; a pull strap positioned such that the pull strap extends from a bottom side of the foot around one or more phalanges of the foot and along the top side of the foot to the strap guide; and the pull strap arranged with the stra...