IP Library Granted Patent US 11,865,404
Granted Patent B2
US 11,865,404 · App. 17/168,716 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Exercise bar

Inventor: Daniel Hitman (San Diego, CA)
A63B21/4035A63B21/0724A63B2225/09
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Patent No.
US 11,865,404
App. No.
17/168,716
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an exercise bar. The exercise bar includes: a first end support; a second end support; a first handle support; and a second handle support. The second end support is spaced apart from the first end support in a first direction. The first handle support is located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction. The second handle support is spaced apart from the first handle support in a second direction different from the first direction. The second handle support is located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction. Each of the first handle support and the second handle support is configured to receive at least one of a plurality of adjustable handles.

Claims (79)

1. An exercise bar comprising:

a first end support;

a second end support spaced apart from the first end support in a first direction;

a first handle support located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction; and

a second handle support spaced apart from the first handle support in a second direction different from the first direction, the second handle support being located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction,

wherein each of the first handle support and the second handle support is configured to receive at least one of a plurality of adjustable handles,

wherein the first handle support is provided with a first recess that is configured to removably support the at least one of the plurality of adjustable handles,

wherein the first handle support is provided with a plurality of first bores at a first side of the first recess, the first bores of the first handle support being spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and

wherein each of the first bores of the first handle support passes through a part of the first handle support from the first recess to an outside of the first handle support.

2. The exercise bar of claim 1 , wherein

the second handle support is provided with a second recess that is configured to removably support the at least one of the plurality of adjustable handles, the second recess and the first recess facing each other.

3. The exercise bar of claim 2 , wherein

the second handle support is provided with a plurality of first bores at a first side of the second recess, the first bores of the second handle support being spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

4. The exercise bar of claim 3 , wherein the first handle support is provided with a plurality of second bores at a second side of the first recess, the second side of the first recess being opposite to the first side of the first recess in a third direction different from the first and second directions, and

the second handle support is provided with a plurality of second bores at a second side of the second recess, the second side of the second recess being opposite to the first side of the second recess in the third direction.

5. The exercise bar of claim 4 , wherein the first bores of the first handle support are respectively aligned with the second bores of the first handle support as viewed in the third direction, and

the first bores of the second handle support are respectively aligned with the second bores of the second handle support as viewed in the third direction.

6. The exercise bar of claim 3 , wherein

each of the first bores of the second handle support passes through a part of the second handle support from the second recess to an outside of the second handle support.

7. The exercise bar of claim 2 , wherein a length of the first recess of the first handle support in the first direction is larger than a length of the first recess of the first handle support in a third direction different from the first and second directions.

8. The exercise bar of claim 1 , wherein each of the first handle support, the second handle support, the first end support, and second end support includes a straight portion extending along the first direction.

9. The exercise bar of claim 3 , further comprising:

a first handle of the at least one of the plurality of adjustable handles, the first handle being held by the first recess of the first handle support and the second recess by the second handle support, the first handle being provided with two bores;

a first pin inserted into one of the two bores of the first handle and into one of the first bores of the first handle support; and

a second pin inserted into the other one of the two bores of the first handle and into one of the first bores of the second handle support.

10. The exercise bar of claim 2 , further comprising:

a third handle support located between the second end support and each of the first and second handle supports in the first direction, the third handle support being provided with a third recess that is configured to removably support at least one of the plurality of adjustable handles; and

a fourth handle support spaced apart from the third handle support in the second direction, the fourth handle support being located between the second end support and each of the first and second handle supports in the first direction, the fourth handle support being provided with a fourth recess that is configured to removably support at least one of the plurality of adjustable handles, the fourth recess and the third recess facing each other.

11. A system comprising:

an exercise bar having:

a first end support;

a second end support spaced apart from the first end support in a first direction;

a first handle support located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction, the first handle support being provided with a first recess that is configured to removably support at least one of a plurality of handles; and

a second handle support spaced apart from the first handle support in a second direction different from the first direction, the second handle support being located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction, the second handle support being provided with a second recess that is configured to removably support the at least one of the plurality of handles, the second recess and the first recess facing each other,

wherein the at least one of the plurality of handles comprises at least a first handle of a first length, and at least a second handle of a second length longer than the first length,

wherein when the first and second recesses removably support the first handle, the first handle extends in the second direction, and when the first and second recesses removably support the second handle, the second handle extends in a direction different than the second direction,

wherein the first handle support is provided with a first plurality of discrete fixation points within the first recess, the first plurality of discrete fixation points of the first handle support being spaced apart from each other in the first direction,

wherein each of the first plurality of discrete fixation points comprises a bore through the first handle support in a third direction different from the first and second directions, and

wherein each of the bores of the first handle support passes through a part of the first handle support from the first recess to an outside of the first handle support.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein

the second handle support is provided with a second plurality of discrete fixation points, the second plurality of discrete fixation points of the second handle support being spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein

each of the second plurality of discrete fixation points comprises a bore through the second handle support in the third direction.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein

each of the bores of the second handle support passes through a part of the second handle support from the second recess to an outside of the second handle support.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein a length of the first recess of the first handle support in the first direction is larger than a length of the first recess of the first handle support in a third direction different from the first and second directions.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein each of the first and second handles is provided with two bores at opposite ends of the first length and the second length respectively;

a first pin inserted into one of the two bores of one of the first and second handles and into one of the bores of the first handle support; and

a second pin inserted into the other one of the two bores of the one of the first and second handles and into one of the bores of the second handle support.

17. The system of claim 11 , further comprising:

a third handle support located between the second end support and each of the first and second handle supports in the first direction, the third handle support being provided with a third recess that is configured to removably support at least one of the plurality of handles; and

a fourth handle support spaced apart from the third handle support in the second direction, the fourth handle support being located between the second end support and each of the first and second handle supports in the first direction, the fourth handle support being provided with a fourth recess that is configured to removably support at least one of the plurality of handles, the fourth recess and the third recess facing each other, and

the at least one of the plurality of handles further comprising at least a third handle of the first length and a fourth handle of the second length.

18. An exercise bar comprising:

a first end support;

a second end support spaced apart from the first end support in a first direction;

a first handle support located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction, the first handle support including a first plurality of fixation points that are configured to support at least one of a plurality of handles; and

a second handle support spaced apart from the first handle support in a second direction different from the first direction, the second handle support being located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction, the second handle support including a second plurality of fixation points that are configured to support the at least one of the plurality of handles,

wherein the first plurality of fixation points is provided within a first recess that is configured to removably support the at least one of the plurality of handles,

wherein the first plurality of fixation points respectively comprises a plurality of first bores at a first side of the first recess, the plurality of first bores of the first handle support being spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and

wherein each of the plurality of first bores of the first handle support passes through a part of the first handle support from the first recess to an outside of the first handle support.

19. The exercise bar of claim 18 , further comprising:

a first handle of the at least one of the plurality of handles having a first length such that when the first handle is held by a first fixation point of the first plurality of fixation points of the first handle support, the first handle connects to a first fixation point of the second plurality of fixation points of the second handle support, and

a second handle of the at least one of the plurality of handles having a second length, such that when the second handle is held by a second fixation point of the first plurality of fixation points of the first handle support, the second handle connects to a second fixation point of the second plurality of fixation points of the second handle support,

wherein the first and second handles are interchangeably fixed to the first and second handle supports by way of the first and second plurality of fixation points.

20. The exercise bar of claim 18 , further comprising:

a third handle support located between the second end support and each of the first and second handle supports in the first direction, the third handle support including third fixation points that are configured to removably support at least one of the plurality of handles; and

a fourth handle support spaced apart from the third handle support in the second direction, the fourth handle support being located between the second end support and each of the first and second handle supports in the first direction, the fourth handle support including fourth fixation points that are configured to removably support at least one of the plurality of handles.

21. An exercise bar comprising:

a first end support;

a second end support spaced apart from the first end support in a first direction;

a first handle support including a portion located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction; and

a second handle support including a portion spaced apart from the first handle support in a second direction different from the first direction, the second handle support including a portion located between the first end support and the second end support in the first direction,

wherein each of the first handle support and the second handle support is configured to support at least one of a plurality of adjustable handles,

wherein the first handle support is provided with a first cavity,

wherein the first handle support is provided with a plurality of first holes, the plurality of first holes of the first handle support being spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and

wherein each of the plurality of first holes of the first handle support passes through a part of the first handle support from the first cavity to an outside of the first handle support to removably support the at least one of the plurality of adjustable handles.

22. The exercise bar of claim 21 , wherein the second handle support is provided with a second cavity, wherein the second handle support is provided with a second plurality of first holes, the second plurality of first holes being spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and wherein each of the second plurality of first holes passes through a part of the second handle support from the second cavity to an outside of the second handle support to removably support the at least one of the plurality of adjustable handles.

23. The exercise bar of claim 21 , wherein each of the first handle support, the second handle support, the first end support, and second end support includes a straight portion extending along the first direction.

Continuity (4)
Continuation PCTUS2019045639 · Aug 8, 2019
Continuation In Part 29659336 · Aug 8, 2018
Provisional Application 62779819 · Dec 14, 2018
Related Publication 20210154523A1 · May 27, 2021
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