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US 1,068,976 · App. 29/729,581 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Exercise apparatus

Inventors: Richard Mullen (Scituate, MA); William Medeiros (Bristol, RI)
Assignee: PROSTAIRS FITNESS, LLC
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Patent No.
US 1,068,976
App. No.
29/729,581
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for an exercise apparatus, as shown and described.

Continuity (1)
Division 29603304 · May 8, 2017
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