ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,745,939, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to WITHINGS (Issy les Moulineaux, France).

"Measurement station with handle" was invented by Victorine Callens (Issy les Moulineaux, France), Thomas Droze (Issy les Moulineaux, France), Victor Geffraye (Issy les Moulineaux, France), Antoine Merlot (Issy les Moulineaux, France), Arthur Richard (Issy les Moulineaux, France) and Jean-Louis Wang (Issy les Moulineaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A measurement station includes a base including a measurement plate having an upper surface adapted to receive a user's feet, a handle support, mounted on the upper surface of the measurement plate,...