Patents by Inventor JEFFREY STEWART THOMAS

JEFFREY STEWART THOMAS has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Weightlifting bar in weightlifting frame
    Patent number: 9452313
    Abstract: A weightlifting frame includes a base, and first and second rigid frame members defining respective vertically-oriented channels. A weightlifting bar includes first and second terminal sections, a middle section, first and second plate abutments fixed to the weightlifting bar, and first and second frame abutments fixed to the bar. First and second bar spaces are respectively defined by first and second plate and frame abutments. The bar engages the frame with the first frame member disposed between the first frame abutment and the first plate abutment, and with the second frame member disposed between the second frame abutment and the second plate abutment, such that the first and second frame abutments abut the first and second frame members when the bar reaches a predetermined angle from horizontal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Inventor: Jeffrey Stewart Thomas
  • WEIGHTLIFTING BAR IN WEIGHTLIFTING FRAME
    Publication number: 20160236028
    Abstract: A weightlifting frame includes a base, and first and second rigid frame members defining respective vertically-oriented channels. A weightlifting bar includes first and second terminal sections, a middle section, first and second plate abutments fixed to the weightlifting bar, and first and second frame abutments fixed to the bar. First and second bar spaces are respectively defined by first and second plate and frame abutments. The bar engages the frame with the first frame member disposed between the first frame abutment and the first plate abutment, and with the second frame member disposed between the second frame abutment and the second plate abutment, such that the first and second frame abutments abut the first and second frame members when the bar reaches a predetermined angle from horizontal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventor: JEFFREY STEWART THOMAS