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Granted Patent B2
US 9,694,230 · App. 14/823,368 · Granted Jul 4, 2017

Medicine ball

Inventor: Corey Anderson Cooper (Pittsboro, NC)
A63B21/075A63B21/0603A63B21/0609A63B21/072A63B21/0722
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Patent No.
US 9,694,230
App. No.
14/823,368
Granted
Jul 4, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A medicine ball includes a central member with a pair of opposing concave sides. Further, convex attachments are each adapted to mate with the concave sides of the central member to form a sphere. These convex attachments are fastened together to the concave sides by a pair of fasteners, such as zippers. Additionally, attachment ports which can receive an exercise attachment are each positioned within the central member. Examples of exercise attachments include a barbell bar, a handgrip, and a pair of roller pairs, among others. In an alternative embodiment the attachment ports are positioned within the convex attachments. Further, an article of clothing has a receptacle to receive the convex attachments.

Claims (27)

1. A spherical medicine ball, comprising:

a central weighted member, the central weighted member having a pair of opposing sides, each of the opposing sides including a fastener; and

a pair of weighted attachment members, each of the weighted attachment members including a fastener, wherein each weighted attachment member is adapted to be fastened with the sides of the central weighted member so as to faun the spherical medicine ball.

2. The spherical medicine ball according to claim 1 , wherein the fasteners are zippers.

3. The spherical medicine ball according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one attachment port, the attachment port positioned on the central member and adapted to receive an exercise attachment.

4. The spherical medicine ball according to claim 3 , wherein the attachment port comprises a pair of attachment ports disposed at opposite ends of the central member.

5. The spherical medicine ball according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one attachment port, the attachment port positioned on each of the attachment members and adapted to receive an exercise attachment.

6. The spherical medicine ball according to claim 3 , wherein the exercise attachment is a barbell bar.

7. The spherical medicine ball according to claim 3 , wherein the exercise attachment is a handgrip.

8. The spherical medicine ball according to claim 5 , wherein the exercise attachment is a pair of roller bars.

9. The spherical medicine ball according to claim 1 , wherein the central member defines a pair of opposing concave sides and each of the attachments are convex and adapted to mate with the concave sides of the central member so as to form a sphere.

10. The spherical medicine ball according to claim 3 , wherein each attachment port is threaded.

11. The spherical medicine ball according to claim 4 , wherein each attachment port is threaded.

12. The spherical medicine ball according to claim 5 , wherein each attachment port is threaded.

13. A variable resistance exercise kit for assembling an exercise implement, the kit comprising:

a central weighted member, the central member having a pair of opposing sides, each of the opposing sides including a fastener;

a plurality of weighted attachments, each of the attachments including a fastener, wherein each attachment is adapted to be fastened with the sides of the central member; and

at least one attachment port, the attachment port positioned within the central member and adapted to receive an exercise attachment.

14. The variable resistance exercise kit according to claim 13 , wherein the fasteners are zippers.

15. The variable resistance exercise kit according to claim 13 , further comprising:

a pair of attachment ports adapted to receive an exercise attachment, each attachment port positioned within the weighted attachments so that each exercise attachment is attached to at least one of the weighted attachments.

16. The variable resistance exercise kit according to claim 13 , further comprising:

an article of clothing, the article of clothing having at least one receptacle for receiving a selected one of the central weighted member or weighted attachments.

17. The variable resistance exercise kit according to claim 13 , farther comprising:

an exercise attachment, the exercise attachment being selected from the group consisting of a barbell bar, a handgrip, and roller bars.

Continuity (2)
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