ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,168, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to NIKE INC. (Beaverton, Ore.).

"Running harness" was invented by Christopher S. Cook (Portland, Ore.) and John T. Dimoff (Portland, Ore.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A running harness, having a body; a first strap coupled to a first side of the body, wherein the first strap includes at least one device fastener; and a first training device. The first training device including a base extending from a first side to a second side; a strap fastener provided at the first side of the base and configured to couple to and be removed from the at least one device fastener of the first strap, wherein a posi...