ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,220, issued on May 26.
"Suspension and weight relief system for walking on the ground and for leg rehabilitation exercises" was invented by Guido Belforte (Turin, Italy) and Paolo Giovanni Luca Belforte (Rome).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suspension and weight relief system (1) is described, designed to allow for walking on the ground and for leg rehabilitation exercises of a patient (2), the system (1) comprising: a suspension rail (3); and a suspension and weight relief element (1') designed to slide along the suspension rail (3), the suspension and weight relief element (1') comprising: rail bearing devices; a drive assembly wit...