ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,564,756, issued on March 3, was assigned to Lagree Technologies Inc. (Chatsworth, Calif.).

"Tilting pad assemblies for exercise machines" was invented by Sebastien Anthony Louis Lagree (Chatsworth, Calif.), Max E. Wunderlich (Los Angeles) and Hai C. Vo (Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tilting pad assembly for exercise machines and the like. A tilting pad assembly may include a pad and a pivot assembly coupled to the pad. The pivot assembly may include a pair of lift bases having contoured indentations disposed therein, the contoured indentations being opposingly facing and spaced apart. A lift support has a fi...