ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,308, issued on Sept. 8.
"Multifunctional fitness equipment" was invented by Bin Liu (Ningbo, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multifunctional fitness equipment comprises a frame assembly, a drive assembly, a slide car, and a smith machine. The frame assembly includes two base frames set opposite to each other and connected by a connecting rod. A first column and a second column are connected by a gantry frame and are set in the vertical direction relative to the connecting rod. A first cross beam and a second cross beam are set horizontally on the connecting rod and the gantry frame, respectively, and a third column is set betw...