ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,299, issued on March 17, was assigned to Jean-Patrick Netter (Encinitas, Calif.).

"Exercise and therapy device" was invented by Jean-Patrick Netter (Encinitas, Calif.), Dorian Alberti (Madison, Fla.), John Michael Davis (Las Vegas) and Mallory E. Warren (La Mesa, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device may include a base, a housing, a first shaft, and a second shaft, a first roller coupled to the first shaft, a second roller coupled to the second shaft, a first resistance that selectively impedes the rotation of the first roller and a second resistance that selectively impedes the rotation of the second roller, wherein the fi...