ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,804, issued on April 14, was assigned to Kompan A/S (Odense SO, Denmark).
"Weight lifting machine" was invented by Martin Norgaard Johansen (Odense SO, Denmark) and Jakob Jensen (Odense SO, Denmark).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Weight lifting machine includes adjustable weight assembly having a plurality of individual weights, a weight displacement mechanism which displaces one or more of the weights in a direction against a resistive force and a weight selection mechanism arranged to selectively engage one or more of the individual weights with said weight displacement mechanism. A handle applies a force to a horizontal bar connec...