Weight Plate

A weight plate comprising:

• a weight plate body having an outer periphery, a first outer surface and a second outer surface on opposite axial sides of the weight plate body with an axial thickness defined between the first and second outer surfaces, and a passage extending axially through the weight plate body and configured to receive an elongated member therethrough, wherein the first outer surface and the second outer surface extend from the passage radially outward to the outer periphery;
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• a plurality of recesses extending axially inward from at least one of the first outer surface and the second outer surface through at least a portion of the axial thickness, wherein the plurality of recesses comprise a plurality of first recesses having a first peripheral shape with a first number of sides and a plurality of second recesses having a second peripheral shape and a second number of sides,
• wherein the first peripheral shape has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first peripheral shape narrows to a first point at the first end, and the first recesses are oriented such that the first points are directed radially inward toward the passage, and wherein the second end of the first peripheral shape faces radially outward and is wider in a circumferential direction than the first end,
• wherein the second peripheral shape has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the second peripheral shape narrows to a second point at the second end, and the second recesses are oriented such that the second points are directed radially outward away from the passage, and wherein the first end of the second peripheral shape faces radially inward and is wider in the circumferential direction than the second end, and
• wherein the first recesses and the second recesses are arranged in an alternating annular configuration and are annularly interspersed with one another in the alternating annular configuration.

A weight plate comprising:

• a weight plate body having an outer periphery, a first outer surface and a second outer surface on opposite axial sides of the weight plate body with an axial thickness defined between the first and second outer surfaces, and a passage extending axially through the weight plate body and configured to receive an elongated member therethrough, wherein the first outer surface and the second outer surface extend from the passage radially outward to the outer periphery;
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• a plurality of recesses extending axially inward from at least one of the first outer surface and the second outer surface through at least a portion of the axial thickness, wherein the plurality of recesses comprise a plurality of first recesses having a first peripheral shape with a first number of sides and a plurality of second recesses having a second peripheral shape that is different from the first peripheral shape and a second number of sides that is different from the first number of sides,
• wherein the first peripheral shape narrows to a first point, and the first recesses are oriented such that the first points are directed radially inward toward the passage,
• wherein the second peripheral shape narrows to a second point, and the second recesses are oriented such that the second points are directed radially outward away from the passage, and
• wherein the first recesses and the second recesses are arranged in an alternating annular configuration and are annularly interspersed with one another in the alternating annular configuration.

A weight plate comprising:

• a weight plate body comprising:
• an inner section having an annular shape with a passage extending axially through the inner section and configured to receive an elongated member therethrough, the inner section having a first axial thickness;
• a middle section having an annular shape with a circular inner periphery and a circular outer periphery and positioned radially outward of the inner section, wherein the middle section includes first and second outer surfaces on opposite axial sides of the weight plate, with a second axial thickness defined between the first outer surface and the second outer surface;
• an outer section having an annular shape and positioned radially outward of the middle section and forming an outer radial periphery of the weight plate, wherein the outer section has a third axial thickness, wherein the first axial thickness and the third axial thickness are greater than the second axial thickness;
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• a plurality of recesses located in the middle section and extending axially inward from at least one of the first outer surface and the second outer surface through at least a portion of the second axial thickness, wherein the plurality of recesses comprise a plurality of first recesses having a first peripheral shape with a first number of sides and a plurality of second recesses having a second peripheral shape that is different from the first peripheral shape and a second number of sides that is different from the first number of sides,
• wherein the first peripheral shape has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the first peripheral shape narrows to a first point at the first end, and the first recesses are oriented such that the first points are directed radially inward toward the passage, and wherein the second end of the first peripheral shape faces radially outward and is wider in a circumferential direction than the first end,
• wherein the second peripheral shape has a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the second peripheral shape narrows to a second point at the second end, and the second recesses are oriented such that the second points are directed radially outward away from the passage, and wherein the first end of the second peripheral shape faces radially inward and is wider in the circumferential direction than the second end, and
• wherein the first recesses and the second recesses are arranged in an alternating annular configuration and are annularly interspersed with one another in the alternating annular configuration.