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Weight lifting safety device
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1986-01-06
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Granted: 1987-12-08
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Expires: 2006-01-06
Abstract
Abstract A weight lifting safety device having bar and weight support assemblies depending vertically for support on a support surface at a predetermined elevated position, the attachment of the elements of the safety device to a standard bar bell being such as to permit relative rotation therebetween, and in one form of the invention including dampening means to limit such relative rotation, the support system being readily assembled onto and disassembled from a barbell.
Inventors
- 👤 Douglas C. Ochab
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 11:27
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B21/00; A63B21/06; A63B21/078; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T403/00; Y10T403/70; Y10T403/7047; Y10T403/7049
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 16
Claim 1
Independent Claim
185 words
A weight lifting safety device adapted for use in bench-pressing exercises, said device comprising: weight supporting bar means for grasping in a horizontal position by a user and for receiving weights on generally opposite ends thereof; bar and weight support means depending vertically from said bar means adjacent opposite ends thereof to support said bar means and any weights thereon in predetermined elevated position relative to a supporting surface; an attachment assembly fixed to the upper end of each support means and extending horizontally thereof, each said attachment assembly having a sleeve, said bar means extending through said sleeve of each of said attachment assemblies and being rotatable therein; locking means on said bar associated with each attachment assembly to fix the positions of said support means longitudinally on said bar; and each of said locking means includes a pair of opposed semi-cylindrical plates provided with external spaced abutment means, fastening means for attaching said plates to said bar, said sleeve being received about each of said locking means between said spaced abutment means, said bar and said locking means being rotatable in said sleeves.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
185 words
A weight lifting safety device adapted for use in bench-pressing exercises, said device comprising: weight supporting bar means for grasping in a horizontal position by a user and for receiving weights on generally opposite ends thereof; bar and weight support means depending vertically from said bar means adjacent opposite ends thereof to support said bar means and any weights thereon in predetermined elevated position relative to a supporting surface; an attachment assembly fixed to the upper end of each support means and extending horizontally thereof, each said attachment assembly having a sleeve, said bar means extending through said sleeve of each of said attachment assemblies and being rotatable therein; locking means on said bar associated with each attachment assembly to fix the positions of said support means longitudinally on said bar; and each of said locking means includes a pair of opposed semi-cylindrical plates provided with external spaced abutment means, fastening means for attaching said plates to said bar, said sleeve being received about each of said locking means between said spaced abutment means, said bar and said locking means being rotatable in said sleeves.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
The weight lifting safety device of claim 1, wherein said spaced abutment means are raised flanges, and a pair of opposed flanges on each of said locking means have releasable fastening means to clamp said locking means to said bar and to release same to permit dsimantling of said safety device.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
179 words
A weight lifting safety device adapted for use in bench-pressing exerciess, said device comprising: weight lifiting supporting bar means for grasping in a horizontal position by a user and for receiving weights directly onto opposite ends thereof; bar and weight support means depending vertically from said bar means adjacent opposite ends thereof to support said bar means and any weights thereon in predetermined elevated position relative to a supporting surface; bar attachment means on said support means to attach said bar rotatably to said support means; rotation dampening means interacting between said bar means and said attachment means to dampen the relative rotation between said bar means and said support means; each bar attachment means includes telescoped inner and outer sleeves with each inner sleeve being fixed to said bar means, and said bar means and inner sleeve are rotatable within the outer sleeve, said dampening means being located between said telescoped inner and outer sleeves; and each of said inner sleeves is provided with external flange means between which the outer sleeve is positioned against transverse relative movement.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
179 words
A weight lifting safety device adapted for use in bench-pressing exerciess, said device comprising: weight lifiting supporting bar means for grasping in a horizontal position by a user and for receiving weights directly onto opposite ends thereof; bar and weight support means depending vertically from said bar means adjacent opposite ends thereof to support said bar means and any weights thereon in predetermined elevated position relative to a supporting surface; bar attachment means on said support means to attach said bar rotatably to said support means; rotation dampening means interacting between said bar means and said attachment means to dampen the relative rotation between said bar means and said support means; each bar attachment means includes telescoped inner and outer sleeves with each inner sleeve being fixed to said bar means, and said bar means and inner sleeve are rotatable within the outer sleeve, said dampening means being located between said telescoped inner and outer sleeves; and each of said inner sleeves is provided with external flange means between which the outer sleeve is positioned against transverse relative movement.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
99 words
The weight lifting safety device of claim 3, wherein each of said bar and weight support means includes a horizontal base plate attached to vertically upstanding and converging legs defining an upper convergence portion, as well as a height adjusting assembly including: a tube member fixed to said upper convergence portion of said legs; an elongated vertical support member fixed to a sleeve at the upper end thereof and slidably received in said tube member; and indexing means to variably fix the vertical position of said vertical support member within said tube member and relative to said support means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
The weight lifting safety device of claim 4, wherein said indexing means includes spaced transverse apertures in both said tube member and support member, and pin means extending through aligned apertures to fixedly position said support member within said tube member.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
51 words
The weight lifting safety device of claim 3, wherein each of said inner sleeves is in the form of semi-cylindrical plates and at one end thereof is provided with releasable fastening means to clamp said plates to said bar and to release the same to permit dismantling of said safety device.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
88 words
The weight lifting safety device of claim 6, wherein the outer sleeve of each bar attachment means is provided with a radially enlarged dampening means housing in which said dampening means is positioned, said housing being located adjacent the end of said inner sleeve opposite from the end provided with said releasable fastening means, the external flange means of said inner sleeve at said opposite end being removably attached to said inner sleeve to permit access to said dampening means for assembly and disassembly of said safety devices.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
99 words
The weight lifting safety device of claim 3, wherein each of said bar and weight support means includes a horizontal base plate attached to vertically upstanding and coverging legs defining an upper convergence portion, as well as a height adjustment assembly including: a tube member fixed to said upper convergence portion of said legs; an elongated vertical support member fixed to a sleeve at the upper end thereof and slidably received in said tube member; and indexing means to variably fix the vertical position of said vertical support member within said tube member and relative to said support means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
133 words
A weight lifting safety device adapted for use in bench-pressing exercises, said device comprising: weight lifting supporting bar means for grasping in a horizontal position by a user and for receiving weights directly onto opposite ends thereof; bar and weight support means depending vertically from said bar means adjacent opposite ends thereof to support said bar means and any weights thereon in predetermined elevlated position relative to a supporting surface; bar attachment means on said support means to attach said bar rotatably to said support means; rotation damping means interacting between said bar means and said attachment means to dampen the relative rotation between said bar means and said support means; and said rotation dampening means includes ring means for exerting radially directed friction forces between said attachment means and said bar means.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
133 words
A weight lifting safety device adapted for use in bench-pressing exercises, said device comprising: weight lifting supporting bar means for grasping in a horizontal position by a user and for receiving weights directly onto opposite ends thereof; bar and weight support means depending vertically from said bar means adjacent opposite ends thereof to support said bar means and any weights thereon in predetermined elevlated position relative to a supporting surface; bar attachment means on said support means to attach said bar rotatably to said support means; rotation damping means interacting between said bar means and said attachment means to dampen the relative rotation between said bar means and said support means; and said rotation dampening means includes ring means for exerting radially directed friction forces between said attachment means and said bar means.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
The weight lifting safety device of claim 9, wherein said ring means is a friction pad.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
16 words
The weight lifting safety device of claim 9, wherein said ring means is a split ring.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
136 words
A weight lifting safety device adapted for use in bench-pressing exercises, said device comprising: weight lifting supporting bar means for grasping in a horizontal position by a user and for receiving weights directly onto opposite ends thereof; bar and weight support means depending vertically from said bar means adjacent opposite end thereof to support said bar means and any weight thereon in predetermined elevated position relative to a supporting surface; bar attachment means on said support means to attach said bar rotatably to said support means; rotation dampening means interacting between said bar means and said attachment means to dampen the relative rotation between said bar means and said support means; and said rotation dampening means includes a friction pad that is radially directed by a resilient pad circumferentially positioned with respect to said friction pad.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
136 words
A weight lifting safety device adapted for use in bench-pressing exercises, said device comprising: weight lifting supporting bar means for grasping in a horizontal position by a user and for receiving weights directly onto opposite ends thereof; bar and weight support means depending vertically from said bar means adjacent opposite end thereof to support said bar means and any weight thereon in predetermined elevated position relative to a supporting surface; bar attachment means on said support means to attach said bar rotatably to said support means; rotation dampening means interacting between said bar means and said attachment means to dampen the relative rotation between said bar means and said support means; and said rotation dampening means includes a friction pad that is radially directed by a resilient pad circumferentially positioned with respect to said friction pad.
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