ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,748, issued on June 30, was assigned to LOCKING ELEMENT AND FITNESS EQUIPMENT CONFIGURED FOR WEIGHT ADJUSTMENT HAVING THE LOCKIN (Taizhou, China).

"Locking element and fitness equipment configured for weight adjustment having the locking element" was invented by Ze Dai (Taizhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A locking element and a fitness equipment with the locking element are provided. The locking element includes an inner cylinder and an outer sleeve cylinder. Both the inner cylinder and the outer sleeve cylinder are provided with conical surfaces, and steel balls are sleeved in a through hole provided on the conical surfac...