# US 11,027,166 B1 · Portable weight-based exercise system and method > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,027,166 B1 - Document ID: US11027166B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 16/139,234 - Filed: 2018-09-24 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-12-20 - Applicants: Kenroy Anthony Francis - Inventors: Kenroy Anthony Francis - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11027166B1 ## CPC - A63B 21/075: with variable weights {, e.g. weight systems with weight selecting means for bar-bells or dumb-bells} - A63B 21/00058: {Mechanical means for varying the resistance (A63B21/06 takes precedence)} - A63B 21/0722: {transformable, e.g. from dumb-bell to bar-bell} - A63B 21/0728: {with means for fixing weights on bars, i.e. fixing olympic discs or bumper plates on bar-bells or dumb-bells} - A63B 23/0211: {moving torso with immobilized lower limbs} - A63B 71/0036: {Accessories for stowing, putting away or transporting exercise apparatus or sports equipment (A63B47/00, A63B55/00, A63B60/56 take precedence)} - A63B 21/00061: {Replaceable resistance units of different strengths, e.g. for swapping} - A63B 21/00065: {by increasing or reducing the number of resistance units} - A63B 21/02: using resilient force-resisters - A63B 21/0552: {Elastic ropes or bands} - A63B 22/203: {in a horizontal plane} - A63B 2071/025: {on rollers or wheels} - A63B 2071/0625: {Emitting sound, noise or music} - A63B 2210/50: Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport - A63B 2225/685: for electronic devices, e.g. phone, PDA, GPS device, notebook - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract A portable weight-based exercise system is disclosed that is capable of providing a user with a variety of weight-based exercise options. The exercise system includes a carrying case having a housing, containing dumbbells and a collection of weight disks for performing a variety of exercises, and a removable handle assembly for carrying or dragging the housing along the ground. First and second end bars and a center bar of the handle assembly are reconfigurable from a first configuration wherein they are disposed in a U-shaped arrangement to form the handle assembly to a second configuration wherein the first and second end bars are coaxial with the center bar to form a longer straight bar, which can then be combined with the dumbbells and collection of weight disks to form an assembled long weight bar. The housing may additionally include accessories such as a jump rope and an exercise band. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A portable weight-based exercise system, comprising: a carrying case including: a housing, and a handle assembly comprising a center bar and first and second end bars, the handle assembly configured to selectively and reversibly adopt a mounted configuration in which first ends of said first and second end bars are removably mounted within said housing and second ends of said first and second end bars are removably connected to said center bar, and further in which the center bar provides a gripping area to assist a user in transporting the portable weight-based exercise system, and an exercising configuration in which the handle assembly is detached from the housing and usable as a lifting weight; and a plurality of weight training components removably mounted within said housing. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 1, wherein, when the handle assembly is in the exercising configuration, the first and second end bars are removably mounted to the center bar coaxially with the center bar. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 2, wherein the plurality of weight training components comprises first and second dumbbells each carrying a respective at least one weight disk, and the first and second dumbbells are removably mounted to the first and second end bars when the handle assembly is in the exercising configuration. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 3, wherein the first and second dumbbells are removably mounted to the first and second end bars when the handle assembly is in the exercising configuration such that the first and second dumbbells, first and second end bars and center bar are coaxially arranged forming a straight bar. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 4, wherein, in the exercising configuration of the handle assembly, the first dumbbell and a first end of the center bar are mounted to the first and second ends of the first end bar, and the second dumbbell and a second end of the center bar, opposite to the first end of the center bar, are mounted to the first and second ends of the second end bar, and the respective at least one weight disk is removably carried by each one of the first and second dumbbells. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 2, further comprising a pair of U-shaped spring clips securing the first and second end bars to the center bar in the exercising configuration of the handle assembly. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 1, further comprising at least one insert in said housing, and wherein said plurality of weight training components is removably placed in said at least one insert. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 1, further comprising at least one movable panel on the housing to facilitate access to the plurality of weight components within the housing. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 1, further comprising a charging port for charging and connecting an electronic device, and a speaker carried by the housing for playing back electronic audio files from the electronic device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of weight training components comprises at least one of a jump rope, an exercise band and a hand exerciser. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 1, further comprising at least one wheel assembly carried by and providing rolling mobility to said housing. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of stand-offs carried by said housing and configured to support the housing on a floor or other flat surface such that the housing is elevated from the floor or other flat surface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of weight training components comprises at least one dumbbell having at least one weight disk. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 13, wherein the at least one weight disk comprises at least one heavyweight disk and at least one lightweight disk. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 14, wherein each of the at least one heavyweight disk and the at least one lightweight disk is removably mountable on the at least one dumbbell. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 13, wherein at least one of the first and second end bars extend through a through bore formed through a central shaft of the at least one dumbbell when the handle assembly is arranged in the mounted configuration. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 13, wherein the at least one dumbbell comprises first and second dumbbells. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The portable weight-based exercise system of claim 1, wherein the first and second end bars extend perpendicularly from the center bar when the handle assembly is arranged in the mounted configuration. ### Claim 19 A portable weight-based exercise system, comprising: a carrying case including: a housing, and a handle assembly comprising a center bar and first and second end bars, the handle assembly configured to selectively and reversibly adopt a mounted configuration in which first ends of said first and second end bars are removably mounted within said housing and second ends of said first and second end bars are removably connected to said center bar, and further in which the center bar provides a gripping area to assist a user in transporting the portable weight-based exercise system, and an exercising configuration in which the handle assembly is detached from the housing and usable as a lifting weight, with the first and second end bars removably mounted to the center bar coaxially with the center bar; and a plurality of weight training components removably mounted within said housing. ### Claim 20 A portable weight-based exercise system, comprising: a carrying case including: a housing, and a handle assembly comprising a center bar and first and second end bars; and a plurality of weight training components removably mounted within said housing, the plurality of weight training components comprising first and second dumbbells, each of the first and second dumbbells comprising a dumbbell shaft and at least one weight disk attachable to the dumbbell shaft; wherein the portable weight-based exercise system is configured to selectively and reversibly adopt: a mounted configuration in which first ends of said first and second end bars are removably mounted within said housing and second ends of said first and second end bars are removably connected to said center bar, and further in which the center bar provides a gripping area to assist a user in transporting the portable weight-based exercise system, and an exercising configuration in which the handle assembly is detached from the housing and usable as a lifting weight, with the first and second end bars removably mounted to the center bar, the dumbbell shaft of the first dumbbell removably mounted to an outer end of the first end bar and the dumbbell shaft of the second dumbbell removably mounted to an opposite, outer end of the second end bar, such that the first and second dumbbells, first and second end bars and center bar are coaxially arranged forming a straight bar, and further in which at least one weight disk is removably carried by the dumbbell shaft of each one of the first and second dumbbells.