US Patent Issued to Podium Fit on June 23 for "Exercise device cable safety locking mechanism" (American, Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,543, issued on June 23, was assigned to Podium Fit Inc. (San Francisco).

"Exercise device cable safety locking mechanism" was invented by Subrat Nayak (San Francisco), Adam Ellison (Fitzroy North, Australia) and Erik Aylen (Bozeman, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise device comprises a cable, an electromagnetic retraction mechanism for spooling the cable into the exercise device, the electromagnetic retraction mechanism including a shaft, a gear coupled to the shaft, a latch movable between an extended position in which it engages the gear to prevent rotation of the gear in one direction, and a retracted position in whi...