Load distributing grip handle
Grip handles for coupling to a resistance force provided by exercise equipment, resistance bands, or a user's own bodyweight. Each grip handle is defined by an increasing outer surface circumference along a length of the grip handle to form a generally conical shaped handhold attached to a rigid or flexible member, where the rigid or flexible member is coupled at an apex of the grip handle. The generally conical shaped handhold provides a comfortable and ergonomic surface to securely distribute the grip force of the user during exercise movements, thus significantly reducing pressure points and grip requirements of current exercise handles.
1. A grip handle for weightlifting equipment, the grip handle consisting essentially of:
two grips, each grip in the two grips having a front end, a rear end, and an elongated aperture extending through a central portion of each grip in the two grips from the front end to the rear end, each grip in the two grips being conical in shape and having a cone angle of from 10 degrees to 35 degrees, the front end having a diameter in the range of 0.75 inches to 1.5 inches, each grip in the two grips being made of a rubber of Shore hardness 30A to 80A or a thermal plastic elastomer of Shore hardness 30A to 80A;
a rigid member being bent at a midpoint between a first end and a second end of the rigid member, a first longitudinal axis extending along the rigid member to the first end, a second longitudinal axis extending along the rigid member to the second end, a first grip in the two grips being coupled to the first end of the rigid member at the front end of the first grip, and a second grip in the two grips being coupled to the second end of the rigid member at the front end of the second grip; and,
a weightlifting equipment attachment means coupled to and extending along a third longitudinal axis away from a single side of the midpoint of the rigid member; wherein the first, second, and third longitudinal axes are each oriented along different directions.
2. A grip handle for exercise equipment, the grip handle consisting essentially of:
a single grip having a front end, a rear end, and an elongated aperture extending through a central portion of the single grip from the front end to the rear end, the single grip being conical in shape and having a cone angle of from 10 degrees to 35 degrees, the front end having a diameter in the range of 0.75 inches to 1.5 inches, the single grip being made of a rubber of Shore hardness 30 A to 80 A or a thermal plastic elastomer of Shore hardness 30 A to 80 A; and a flexible member
having a first end and a second end, the second end of the flexible member being a loop, the flexible member extending through the elongated aperture of the single grip at the first end of the flexible member.
3. The grip handle according to claim 2 wherein the flexible member comprises a resistance band.
4. The grip handle according to claim 2 wherein the loop of the second end of the flexible member is configured to be selectively coupled to a bar-shaped handle of an exercise equipment.
5. The grip handle according to claim 2 wherein the flexible member comprises a rope.
6. The grip handle according to claim 4 wherein the flexible member comprises a rope.