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US 6,387,022 B1Granted
Adjustable weight medicine ball with handle
OwnerRobert S. Smithinventor
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Abstract
An adjustable weight ball for exercising having a cavity where an adjustable number of weights can be secured. There is included a cap that firs over an opening with a handle on one side of the cap and a threaded stem extending away from an opposite side. Barbell weights having a central aperture are mountable on the stem. The free end of the stem is screwed into a nut secured on the floor of the cavity.
Claims5
A device for exercising which comprises:
- a spherical block of a medium having an inner cylindrical cavity;
- said inner cylindrical cavity having an opening on one end of said cylindric cavity and opening on a surface of said spherical block whereby access to said cylindrical cavity is provided;
- said inner cylindrical cavity having a floor on another end of said cavity opposite said opening;
- a cap dimensioned to fit over said opening;
- a handle on one side of said cap;
- a threaded stem having one end secured to another side of said cap and extending perpendicularly away from said another side;
- a stack of at least one disk weight, insertable through said hole into said cavity;
- each disk weight having a central aperture providing that said stack is mountable on said stem;
- one nut screwed onto said stem on one side of said stack and another nut screwed onto said stem on an opposite side of said stack whereby said stack is releasably secured onto said stem;
- means for releasably securing said stem in said cavity providing that a user is enabled to select a quantity of weights of said array for mounting on said stem.
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