ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,664, issued on July 14.

"Weightlifting system and method for analysing lift motion" was invented by Dominic Deland (Victoria Park, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for monitoring the symmetry of a lifting stance, the system including: a platform for supporting a weightlifter during a lift, the platform including support plates which include load sensors; a processor in data communication with the one or more load sensors for receiving and processing weightlifter load data, the processor configured to assess weightlifter symmetry data against a symmetry threshold to provide a symmetry result; and an output module for ...