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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1998
Patrick J. Hald, Los Osos, CA (US);
William T. Dalebout, Logan, UT (US);
F. Troy Miller, Logan, UT (US);
Icon Health and Fitness, Inc., Logan, UT (US);
Abstract
A weight lifting system features (i) one or more weights; and (ii) a weightlifting bar configured to selectively engage the one or more weights. A weight of the present invention has an upstanding first end, an upstanding second end, and a cross member extending therebetween. Each of the first and second ends of the weight has an aperture therein. The weight lifting bar features (i) a handle having opposing ends; and (ii) a mechanism for selectively attaching each end of the handle to a corresponding end of the weight when the handle is disposed between the first end and second end of the weight. The mechanism for selectively attaching each end of the handle to a corresponding end of the weight preferably includes: (i) a pinion gear rotatably disposed within a channel of the handle; (ii) a first rod movably disposed within the channel; and (iii) a second rod movably disposed within the channel. Each rod has teeth formed along a length thereof which engage the pinion gear. By selectively moving one of the rods, the user manually advances both rods through opposing ends of the handle. Thus, the rods pass through the apertures in the first and second ends of the weight, removably coupling the weight to the handle.