ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,160, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to BOOST TREADMILLS LLC (Palo Alto, Calif.).

"Differential air pressure (DAP) system, related devices and methods" was invented by Sean Tremaine Whalen (Mountain View, Calif.), Thomas Jack Waldo Allen (Palo Alto, Calif.), Robert Tremaine Whalen (Los Altos, Calif.), Jan R. Black (Bountiful, Utah) and Nicole Pasdera (Sandy, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Differential Air Pressure (DAP) disguised as an amusement system is provided for motivating user participation in exercise session activities of the DAP system. The DAP system has a support platform with a treadmill integrated therein, and incl...