ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,527,986, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Blake Kassel (Boca Raton, Fla.).

"Exercise machine employing one or more flexible exercise bands" was invented by Blake Kassel (Boca Raton, Fla.) and Michael McErlane (Westlake Village, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise machine includes at least one tension band a pair of rotatable exercise arms to be engaged by opposed hands of an individual. Vertically spaced apart connectors are located, respectively, on the exercise arms and on frame members vertically above and below the exercise arms. A flexible tension band connectable to vertically spaced connectors, whereby rotation of ...