Hip thrust guard
OwnerDavid Stubbers, Christopher Maierinventors
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Abstract
A hip thrust exercise guard comprising a pad, a bar insert in the pad to hold the bar of a barbell, and an adjustable band. The bar insert grips the bar of a barbell to prevent slippage during the hip thrust exercise, while still allowing slight side to side adjustments, in order to center the bar in the safest and most comfortable position. The attached adjustable band secures the pad around the hip in the optimal position for comfort, protection, and stability. The pad's soft foam construction and sculpted design contours to the hip area of the user.
Claims14
A hip thrust guard comprising:
- a hip thrust guard pad defined by a top, bottom surface, oppositely disposed side walls, a first end wall, and a second end wall oppositely disposed to the first end wall, said hip thrust guard pad having a pad length between the first and second end walls, a pad width between the oppositely disposed side walls, and a height between the top and the bottom surface, wherein the hip thrust guard pad further comprises a bar channel extending within the hip thrust guard pad along the pad length between the pad width, wherein the bar channel is cylindrical and has a longitudinal top opening along the top of the hip thrust guard pad, and wherein the bar channel has an inner surface and is sized to receive a bar of a barbell,
- a gripping surface formed on the inner surface of the bar channel for frictionally gripping the bar, and
- an adjustable band connected to the hip thrust guard pad, wherein the adjustable band is adapted to hold the hip thrust guard pad in place over a person's hips during a hip thrust exercise.
A hip thrust exercise guard, comprising an elongated pad having a pad length, a pad width, a pad top surface, a pad bottom surface oppositely disposed to the pad top surface, a pad thickness between the pad top surface and the pad bottom surface, a first pad end and a second pad end, wherein the first pad end and second pad end are at opposite ends of the pad length, a horseshoe-shaped channel in the elongated pad extending between the first pad end and second pad end, wherein the horseshoe-shaped channel has a longitudinal opening through the pad top surface and wherein the horseshoe-shaped channel is sized to receive a barbell and further comprises a gripping surface formed in the horseshoe-shaped channel for frictionally engaging the barbell, wherein the elongated pad further comprises a strap having a first strap end, a second strap end, a strap top surface, wherein the strap top surface is joined to the pad bottom surface and the first strap end extends from the first pad end and the second strap end extends from the second pad end, wherein the first strap end terminates in a D-ring, and wherein a portion of the strap extending from the second pad end has a hook and loop material disposed on the strap top surface and another portion of the strap at the second strap end has a complimentary hook and loop material disposed on the strap top surface, wherein the strap is adapted to extend about a waist of a person and hold the elongated pad over a hip of the person, and wherein the pad length, pad width and pad thickness of the elongated pad are adapted to provide padding of the hip during a hip thrust exercise.
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