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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2016
Cheng I Chou, City of Industry, CA (US);
Cheng I Chou, City of Industry, CA (US);
Other;
Abstract
Improvements in a weight bar locking mechanism that secures a zig-zag or bent curling bar or straight bar. Curl bars have only limited areas where the bar can be rested where the bar is perpendicular to the weights. The central area is typically fairly narrow in dimension and placing the curl bar on this central area can be difficult and is the bar is not placed into the central area the curl be can be unbalanced. The locking mechanism captures both the top and bottom of the curl bar to lock the bar and prevents the curl bar from falling if the curl bar is not properly placed onto the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism forces the retained sides of the curl bar like an over-center torsion bar type arrangement to forces both sides of the curl bar to be essentially parallel orientation.