ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,320, issued on July 28, was assigned to LG Electronics Inc. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Exercise equipment" was invented by Seyoung Woo (Seoul, South Korea) and Jeonguk Lee (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Exercise equipment may include a body provided with a mounting surface and a seating surface to support feet of a user, a load unit including a wire having one end disposed inside the body and an opposite end exposed to the mounting surface, and a load generator disposed inside the body and configured to generate a force pulling the wire into the body, a drawing-out guide including a guide fixed to the mounting surface...