Exerciser dumbbells
AssigneeCampbell Soup Company
InventorC. William Wilkerson
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Abstract
An exercise dumbbell of the type comprising a central grip portion and a pair of weighted bells on each end of the grip portion, wherein each of the bells comprises a soft, pliable outer covering filled with a yieldable mass of weighting material, and wherein the dumbbell comprises an axial support means extending axially of the grip. Preferably the support means is in the form of a rod, solid or hollow, and the end bells, as well as the supporting rod if hollow, are preferably filled with a yieldable mass of weighting material such as small balls or shot, a liquid or a gelatin, or a heavy liquid or gelatin with or without metal particles or pieces dispersed through it.
Claims7
An exercise dumbbell, comprising a grip portion and a pair of bells one at each end of the grip portion, wherein:
- each of said bells and an adjacent portion of said grip portion consists of a soft pliable outer covering, said adjacent portions being in abutting engagement and forming the entire grip portion, whereby said dumbbell is substantially completely covered by said pliable outer covering, each of said bells having an imperforate outer surface and being filled with a dense yieldable mass of particulate weighting material, said covering and said yieldable mass being insufficently rigid to maintain the configurational integrity of said dumbbell, and
- said dumbbell comprises a rigid axial support means covered by said soft pliable outer covering and extending axially through said grip portion substantially to the interior end walls of said bells and being free of attachment to said end walls.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.