Exercise weight support device enhancements

An exercise weight support device comprising:

• a spool to which a lower end of a belt is connected to suspend the exercise weight support device from above by the belt;
• an inner frame to which the spool is rotatably mounted at a fixed location relative to the inner frame, the spool to enable more or less of the lower end of the belt to be wound around the spool to enable the exercise weight support device to be suspended by the belt at a higher or lower vertical position;
• a ratchet wheel drivingly coupled to the spool to enable control of the rotation of the spool in winding more or less of the lower end of the belt around the spool;
• an outer frame within which the inner frame is disposed and to which the inner frame is slidably connected to enable the inner frame and the outer frame to move along a vertical path of travel relative to each other when the exercise weight support device is suspended by the belt, the outer frame configured to support a first portion of a bar of a free weight when the exercise weight support device is suspended by the belt;
• a ratchet pawl coupled to the outer frame at a fixed location relative to the outer frame;
• and
• an extended trigger handle, wherein the extended trigger handle is:
• pivotally connected to the inner frame;
• is of an elongate shape that comprises an outer end that extends away from the outer frame along a second portion of the bar of the free weight;
• and
• manually operable between a non-operating position of the extended trigger handle in which the inner frame is moved relative to the outer frame to cause the ratchet pawl and teeth of the ratchet wheel to engage to restrict the rotation of the spool, and an operating position of the extended trigger handle in which the inner frame is moved relative to the outer frame to cause the ratchet pawl and the teeth of the ratchet wheel to not engage to allow the spool to rotate to cause more or less of the lower end of the belt to be wound around the spool to enable the vertical position at which the exercise weight support device is suspended to be changed.