The United States Patent and Trademark Office Museum in Alexandria, Virginia presents Exercising Ingenuity an exhibition highlighting inventions, patents, and trademarks that have emerged from the fitness, nutrition, and exercise industries.
Organized in a decade by decade timeline approach, it presents many of the leading health and fitness innovations of each period, from the turn of the 20th century to tomorrow’s fitness breakthrough. The exhibition runs through October 2012.
Exercising Ingenuity highlights well-known trademarks, iconic innovations, and amazing artifacts that have helped change the way Americans have thought about themselves, their weight, and their appearance. Included are trademarks such as Gatorade and Tony Horton’s P90X workout; inventions such as the ThighMaster and the Nike waffle-sole running shoe; and historic items such as The Seat of Health and President Calvin Coolidge’s Electric Horse. Visitors will have the opportunity to use a variety of penny scales and vintage strength testers featured in the Strength Arcade. Together with interviews of patent and trademark examiners, Exercising Ingenuity presents the history and future of the health and fitness industries. – www.uspto.gov