Patents Assigned to Atlas Barbell, LLC
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Publication number: 20170056704Abstract: A locking mechanism for a shaft provides secure frictional engagement to the shaft while manually operable to be removed from the shaft. There is a first cylinder allowable to slide freely on the shaft. One or more holes retaining one or more balls allow a projection of the balls into an interior of the first cylinder. A tensioning ring (second cylinder) partially overlaps the first cylinder, retains the balls within the holes, and has at least a portion of the inside diameter increasing in diameter. A biasing mechanism acts against the second cylinder to urge the balls into the first cylinder interior to frictionally engage the shaft. Two release mechanisms movable with the biasing mechanism manually actuated against the bias move the second cylinder to allow the balls to freely move within the holes and the locking mechanism to be slid onto and removed from the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: March 2, 2017Applicant: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Patent number: 9522296Abstract: A locking mechanism for a shaft provides secure frictional engagement to the shaft while manually operable to be removed from the shaft. There is a first cylinder allowable to slide freely on the shaft. One or more holes retaining one or more balls allow a projection of the balls into an interior of the first cylinder. A tensioning ring (second cylinder) partially overlaps the first cylinder, retains the balls within the holes, and has at least a portion of the inside diameter increasing in diameter. A biasing mechanism acts against the second cylinder to urge the balls into the first cylinder interior to frictionally engage the shaft. Two release mechanisms movable with the biasing mechanism manually actuated against the bias move the second cylinder to allow the balls to freely move within the holes and the locking mechanism to be slid onto and removed from the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: December 20, 2016Assignee: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Publication number: 20150231441Abstract: A locking mechanism for a shaft provides secure frictional engagement to the shaft while manually operable to be removed from the shaft. There is a first cylinder allowable to slide freely on the shaft. One or more holes retaining one or more balls allow a projection of the balls into an interior of the first cylinder. A tensioning ring (second cylinder) partially overlaps the first cylinder, retains the balls within the holes, and has at least a portion of the inside diameter increasing in diameter. A biasing mechanism acts against the second cylinder to urge the balls into the first cylinder interior to frictionally engage the shaft. Two release mechanisms movable with the biasing mechanism manually actuated against the bias move the second cylinder to allow the balls to freely move within the holes and the locking mechanism to be slid onto and removed from the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: ATLAS BARBELL, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Patent number: 9095743Abstract: A locking mechanism for a shaft provides secure frictional engagement to the shaft while manually operable to be removed from the shaft. There is a first cylinder allowable to slide freely on the shaft. One or more holes retaining one or more balls allow a projection of the balls into an interior of the first cylinder. A tensioning ring (second cylinder) partially overlaps the first cylinder, retains the balls within the holes, and has at least a portion of the inside diameter increasing in diameter. A biasing mechanism acts against the second cylinder to urge the balls into the first cylinder interior to frictionally engage the shaft. Two release mechanisms movable with the biasing mechanism manually actuated against the bias move the second cylinder to allow the balls to freely move within the holes and the locking mechanism to be slid onto and removed from the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Patent number: 9084913Abstract: A locking mechanism for a shaft provides secure frictional engagement to the shaft while manually operable to be removed from the shaft. There is a first cylinder allowable to slide freely on the shaft. One or more holes retaining one or more balls allow a projection of the balls into an interior of the first cylinder. A tensioning ring (second cylinder) partially overlaps the first cylinder, retains the balls within the holes, and has at least a portion of the inside diameter increasing in diameter. A biasing mechanism acts against the second cylinder to urge the balls into the first cylinder interior to frictionally engage the shaft. Two release mechanisms movable with the biasing mechanism manually actuated against the bias move the second cylinder to allow the balls to freely move within the holes and the locking mechanism to be slid onto and removed from the shaft.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2014Date of Patent: July 21, 2015Assignee: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Publication number: 20140256521Abstract: A locking mechanism for a shaft provides secure frictional engagement to the shaft while manually operable to be removed from the shaft. There is a first cylinder allowable to slide freely on the shaft. One or more holes retaining one or more balls allow a projection of the balls into an interior of the first cylinder. A tensioning ring (second cylinder) partially overlaps the first cylinder, retains the balls within the holes, and has at least a portion of the inside diameter increasing in diameter. A biasing mechanism acts against the second cylinder to urge the balls into the first cylinder interior to frictionally engage the shaft. Two release mechanisms movable with the biasing mechanism manually actuated against the bias move the second cylinder to allow the balls to freely move within the holes and the locking mechanism to be slid onto and removed from the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: ATLAS BARBELL, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Publication number: 20140256520Abstract: A locking mechanism for a shaft provides secure frictional engagement to the shaft while manually operable to be removed from the shaft. There is a first cylinder allowable to slide freely on the shaft. One or more holes retaining one or more balls allow a projection of the balls into an interior of the first cylinder. A tensioning ring (second cylinder) partially overlaps the first cylinder, retains the balls within the holes, and has at least a portion of the inside diameter increasing in diameter. A biasing mechanism acts against the second cylinder to urge the balls into the first cylinder interior to frictionally engage the shaft. Two release mechanisms movable with the biasing mechanism manually actuated against the bias move the second cylinder to allow the balls to freely move within the holes and the locking mechanism to be slid onto and removed from the shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Patent number: D688757Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Patent number: D688758Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Patent number: D688759Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2012Date of Patent: August 27, 2013Assignee: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Patent number: D692969Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Patent number: D731007Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: June 2, 2015Assignee: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Patent number: D732613Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Patent number: D732614Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2013Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Assignee: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Patent number: D735278Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2013Date of Patent: July 28, 2015Assignee: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Patent number: D771205Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: November 8, 2016Assignee: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III
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Patent number: D777266Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2015Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Atlas Barbell, LLCInventor: David Robert Davies, III