US Patent Issued to HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS on Nov. 4 for "Exercise machine with adjustable rack out hooks and adjustable counterweighted safety tiers" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,458,836, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to HOIST FITNESS SYSTEMS INC. (Poway, Calif.).

"Exercise machine with adjustable rack out hooks and adjustable counterweighted safety tiers" was invented by Jeffrey O. Meredith (Del Mar, Calif.) and Tyler S. Hilderbrand (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise machine with an adjustable safety tier and rack out hook system, having: (a) a safety tier attached to and moveable along each of a pair of upwardly-extending guide rods, wherein the safety tier can be rotated to a locked position such that the safety tier latches onto the upwardly-extending support member or rotated to an unlocke...