ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,681, issued on July 14, was assigned to Johnson Health Tech Co. Ltd. (Taichung City, Taiwan).

"Exercise equipment capable of displaying illuminated signals for identifying usage status" was invented by Chad Malm (Monona, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise equipment comprises a frame assembly, a motion mechanism for a specific exercise by a user and a control unit monitoring the operational status of the motion mechanism. The frame assembly includes a left and a right side portion positioned respectively on the user's left and right sides. The inner side surfaces of the left and right side portions are equipped with a lef...