Dumbbell support attachment for barbell cross bar

Abstract

A dumbbell support attachment for holding a dumbbell from a barbell cross bar so that the dumbbell can be used with a typical weight lifting bench. Suspended from the barbell cross bar when it is supported, in the usual manner, above the weight lifting bench, the attachment provides the user with a convenient support on which to mount a dumbbell at the beginning and end of an exercise routine. The attachment includes a segmented section and an elongated hook, which together form an integral unit preferably fabricated from steel or the like. Adapted for mounting over the cross bar, the hook opens downwardly and has an inner surface disposed generally along a semicircular arc of slightly larger diameter than that of the crossbar. The segmented section, on the other hand, opens upwardly and has a curved inner surface with a radius of curvature which is larger than that of the outer periphery of the heaviest dumbbell weights to be used. So that the user, as he lies on the weight bench, can grab the dumbbell and lift it from its resting position within the segmented section, the bottom portion thereof defines two cutouts. The center of gravity of the attachment and one or more dumbbells supported therein is located directly below the barbell cross bar. Tabs attached to each end of the segmented section are provided to stabilize the attachment, preventing its rotation about the cross bar, whenever one or both of the dumbbells is taken out of or placed in the attachment.