Weight vest

Claim 1

An adjustable weight vest comprising a sleeveless vest having a front and rear portion provided with four columns of a plurality of weight holding means in the form of individual pockets, two of the said columns in front being located on opposite sides of a medial line and extending from slightly below the shoulders to the waist, and connected to each other by a seperating zipper extending substancially the length of said pocket columns on said medial line, and two of the columns in the rear portion of the vest being located on opposite sides of a medial line and extending from slightly below the shoulders to the waistline, said rear columns being connected to said front columns on each side by single straps extending from below the underarm to slightly above the waistline, each said side strap having a plurality of rings attached to each extreme end of said side strap outer surface, through which are laced strings or other suiablle tying means, and said four pocket columns consisting of said plurality of individual pockets, with each said pocket having one end open and one end closed, with said closed end being nearest the said medial line of vest and slightly lower from the horizontal than said open end, and each said individual pocket being uniformily shaped and spaced apart, so as to accept within itself a half-round, elongated weight, said weight having one end wedged slightly flat, and each said individual pocket being os a uniform depth so as to leave a portion of each said weight exposed out of open end of said individual pockets; and said open end of each said individual pocket having an elastic band attached to and extending across said opening so as to extend over exposed end of said inserted individual weight, thereby retaining said inserted weight within said individual pocket; and said sleeveless vest comprising an inner and outer layer sandwiching and totally encasing a soft, weight absorbing material.