ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,623,113, issued on May 12, was assigned to Resistance in Rotation Corp. (Peru, Ind.).

"Locking collar for exercise bar with dynamically rotating hand grips" was invented by Joseph G. Kinney (Kokomo, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise bar assembly includes a pair of hand grip assemblies, each with a corresponding plate bar assembly to support a weight. The hand grip assemblies are connected to each other by a center bar assembly that allows the user to select a particular length of center bar assembly for a particular spacing of the hand grip assemblies. The center bar assembly is engageable to each hand grip assembly and lock...