ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,214, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Supporter having bistable spring, and exercise assistance apparatus including same" was invented by Byungjune Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Younbaek Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Se-gon Roh (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Minhyung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A supporter for a wearable exercise apparatus may include a main body; a pair of main frames connected to the main body; a pair of straps connected to the pair of main frames, respectively; and a bistable spring which is provided inside each of the pair of the str...