ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,268, issued on Aug. 4.
"Spine exercise equipment" was invented by David Hyun Jong Cho (Citrus Heights, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spine treating apparatus is presented. The apparatus includes a plurality of frames arranged in an x-direction to form a surface, suspension pieces supporting the plurality of frames, a rotator on which the suspension pieces rest, and a motor that turns the rotator about an axis that extends in the x-direction. The rotator has an uneven outer surface such that when the motor turns the rotator, the suspension pieces move according to the contours of the rotator's uneven outer surface. The moveme...