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A hand held weight lifting device with a finger grip system attached to a resistance mechanism that is visually located in the middle of the handle and is designed to target the hands, wrist and forearms. The handles may be removed allowing a person to perform all dumbell related exercises. When using a collar, that safely and securely stabilizes the weights in a stationary form, the device can transform from solo or single status, to a dual, unilateral exercise experience. The device can be adjusted from 10″ to 20″ depending on the type of exercise required. The device, coupled with ankle straps and shin pads, provides a person the ability to perform lower body exercises targeting the hamstrings (rear thighs), quadriceps (thighs), lower abs (leg raises) and calfs. In regards to the upper body, the handles provide a comfort grip while performing exercises targeting all major muscles associated with the torso as well as biceps (arms) and trapezius (shoulders). This device is equipped with a resistance bar. When attached to both handles and the handles are squeezed together, it in turn targets the pectoral (chest) muscle.
This application claims the benefit of provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/649,335, Filed 2005 Feb. 1 by the present inventor.
FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCHNot Applicable
SEQUENCE LISTING OF PROGRAMNot Applicable
BACKGROUND OF INVENTION1. Field of Invention
This invention relates to an exercise device specifically used for lifting weights and is designed to target major muscle groups.
2. Prior ArtExercise and weight lifting equipment can be very expensive, take up too much space or just be too time consuming. In order to perform different exercises, people would have to constantly switch from one machine to another. Monthly rates and enrollment fees at gyms can be very expensive as well as time consuming when travelling back and forth. In most gyms, a great amount of your time will be spent waiting to use the equipment.
Inventors have created several devices designed for home use and portability. While these devices fulfill their particular objectives and requirements, no portable device on the market today targets every major muscle group. Known prior art include, U.S. Pat. No. 4,029,312 Forrest Wright (1975). Showing a combination of a barbell and a dumbell. The length of the barbell cannot be adjusted and because of the limited space available inside of its hollow shell shape design, the device can only hold a limited amount of weight in the form of water or sand. You would also have to constantly fill and refill the shell shaped device in order to receive the weight you desired. Also, it does nothing to target the fore-arms, hands, and wrist.
U.S. Pat. No. 6,234,934B1 Joseph U. Gorczyca (2001) targets only the forearms. No other body part can be exercised.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,334,113 Ronald W. Roepka (1994) is designed to target barbell related exercises only. Which limits its range of effectability as it relates to other major muscle groups.
In these respects, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a device that targets all major muscle groups. There are hundreds of types of exercising and weight lifting devices on the market today, but none that combine forearm exerciser, barbell, curl bar and a dumbell into one portable yet effective device.
Today's weight lifting devices must be designed to keep pace with the ever changing needs of its users. Those users have many different shapes and sizes as well as capabilities. This world we live in is rapidly changing. So are the products we use.
The most widely used weight lifting device on the market is the dumbell and barbell. These devices employ large, ungainly, unsightly, masses which which are relatively, non-portable and inconvenient to use and store. While these types of devices may have been convenient for use in building huge muscles by professional body builders, and the like. They do not appear to meet the needs of most modern day people that are engaged in the fitness process.
Today's exercisers use dumbells and barbells to keep the body in shape and maintain muscle tone without trying to develop the over muscled physique previously associated with weight lifting. When exercising with barbells and dumbells, the weight lifter performs many different types of exercises and assumes many different postures requiring balance. Many exercisers, particularly the most inexperienced novices, attempt to lift excessive amounts of weight which in turn can cause major bodily harm to themselves as well as others around them.
OBJECTS AND ADVANTAGESThe principal objects and advantages of the present invention include:
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- (a) to provide a comfortable, compact and portable way in which one can easily transport present invention to and from.
- (b) to provide the option and convenience of home use or gym use
- (c) to provide a simple way to develop muscle tone without having to use multiple pieces of equipment
- (d) to provide such a system that allows present invention to extend from its original dumbell size to a curl bar size to a barbells size
- (e) to provide a means in which both standard and universal weight plates can be used
- (f) to provide resistance mechanisms inside the finger grips for forearm developing
- (g) to provide such a system that allows present invention to seperate for unilateral use
- (h) to provide pads for use as either hand grips or as shin pads
- (i) to provide ankle straps allowing for quadriceps and hamstring exercises
Regarding prior art, U.S. Pat. No. 6,234,934 B1 Joseph J. Gorczyca (2001) has a device that targets only the forearm muscle. The remaining body parts are left untouched.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,334,113 Ronald W. Roepka (1994) his invention is limited to exercises that are performed with a barbell only. Mainly the upper body. U.S. Pat. No. 4,029,312 Forrest Wright (1975) is limited to the amount of weight it can possess. Once a body gets accustomed to lifting a certain amount of weight, the body will constantly need to lift additional weight in order to maintain the muscle growth accumulated.
Monthly membership fees at gyms are expensive and the cost keeps rising. Too much time is wasted in traffic just travelling back and forth to the gym. Most gyms are always crowded and full of the smell of sweating bodies. And, most of all, people spend a considerable amount of time waiting for the most used, most popular exercise equipment to become available.
Home gyms are not portable and they take up lots of space and cannot easily be stored. Most people do not have the time or patience it takes to assemble and disassemble a home gym for storage purposes.
Further objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent from a consideration of the drawings and ensuing description.
SUMMARYIn view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of exercise equipment now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new hand, wrist, and forearm exerciser, combined with a barbell, dumbell as well as a curl bar. Attached are shin pads and or hand grips along with ankle straps.
DRAWINGS—FIGURES
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Conclusions, Ramifications and Scope of Invention
Thus the reader will see that the present invention provides a highly effective, reliable, compact and portable device that can be utilized by people of almost any age. Even if a person still wanted to visit the gym, the present invention is hollow therefore light weight. Its portability allows for anyone to transport it back and forth to the gym which would solve the problem of waiting in line for a turn on certain popular machines.
While my above description contains many specificities, these should not be construed as limitations on the scope of the invention, but rather as an exemplification of one preferred embodiment thereof. Many other variations are possible. For example, all magnetic material associated with the manufacturing of the present invention, could also be replaced by utilizing materials such as plastic, wood or even fiberglass. The present inventions resistance mechanisms can be manufactured utilizing rubber materials, magnetic materials, bungee cord materials or other forms of elastic. All polyurethane foam associated with the manufacturing of the present invention could also be replaced by utilizing leather, vinyl, rubber, cotton or other types of foam.
Accordingly, the scope of the invention should be determined not by the embodiments illustrated, but by the appended claims and their legal equivalents.
Ommitted from the drawings are adaptors designed to fit inside the 2″ hollow insides of bars 30L, 30 R (
The adaptor for bar 30 L (
The purpose for these adaptors are to ensure that they are compatible with the standard size handles 20 L and 20 R (
Also omitted from the drawings are two standard size collars and two universal size collars. The collars are needed to keep the weight plates tightly secured in one place on the bar without worrying about the weight plates moving. The two standard size collars fit around bars 24 R and 24 L (
Claims
1. A hand held weight lifting device comprising:
- (A) A handle housing a grip system that is attached to a resistance mechanism
- (B) A plurality of handles interlocking with a plurality of bars
- (C) A plurality of bars interlocking with said handles
- (D) A plurality of pads attached to said bars
- (E) A plurality of straps attached to said bars
- (F) A bar housing a resistance mechanism
- (G) A plurality of bars interlocking with said bars
Type: Application
Filed: Jan 31, 2006
Publication Date: Aug 3, 2006
Inventor: Hakim Nasir (San Diego, CA)
Application Number: 11/343,601
International Classification: A63B 21/072 (20060101); A63B 21/075 (20060101);