ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,310, issued on March 17, was assigned to ZeroWheel Inc. (Armonk, N.Y.).
"Motorized fitness wheel" was invented by Neil Singer (Armonk, N.Y.), Pranav Solanki (Armonk, N.Y.), Brian Singer (Armonk, N.Y.) and Kenneth Pasch (Dover, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods disclosed herein concern a motorized fitness wheel. The fitness wheel includes a wheel that rotates about an axle with two handles that extend outward from respective sides of the wheel along the rotational axis. In use, the user grasps the handles with their hands and rolls the wheel back and forth along the floor. A motor is configured to apply a torqu...