Selectorized dumbbell having or convertible into kettlebell configuration

A selectorized dumbbell, which comprises:

• (a) a plurality of nested weights comprising a stack of nested left weight plates and a stack of nested right weight plates separated by a gap;
• (b) a handle having a first hand grip extending along an axis with the handle further having opposite, substantially planar left and right ends joined to opposite ends of the hand grip with the left and right ends of the handle extending perpendicularly to the hand grip, wherein the first hand grip of the handle extends substantially horizontally between top and bottom edges of the left and right ends of the handle such that the first hand grip of the handle will be located below top edges of the weight plates in the manner of a standard dumbbell;
• (c) a selector that is movable into different positions relative to the handle and relative to the weight plates for coupling selected numbers of left weight plates to the left end of the handle and selected numbers of right weight plates to the right end of the handle;
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• (d) a second hand grip comprising a loop that is carried on the handle, wherein the loop is movable relative to the handle between a first operative position in which a top gripping portion of the loop is vertically positioned above the left and right ends of the handle and above top edges of the weight plates in the manner of a kettlebell exercise device and a second non-operative position in which the top gripping portion of the loop is disposed between the left and right ends of the handle, wherein the user can use the dumbbell in the manner of a kettlebell exercise device by moving the second hand grip comprising the loop into its first, operative position and by grasping the top gripping portion of the loop or in the manner of a standard dumbbell by disposing the top gripping portion of the loop in its second non-operative position and by grasping the first hand grip rather than the top gripping portion of the loop.

A selectorized dumbbell, which comprises:

• (a) a plurality of nested weights comprising a stack of nested left weight plates and a stack of nested right weight plates separated by a gap;
• (b) a handle having opposite, substantially planar left and right ends that are rigidly joined to one another, wherein the handle may be dropped down into the gap between the stacks of nested left and right weight plates such that the left end of the handle is adjacent an innermost left weight plate in the left stack of weight plates and the right end of the handle is adjacent an innermost right weight plate in the right stack of weight plates, wherein the handle carries a pair or hand grips thereon comprising:
• (i) a first cylindrical bar type hand grip that in use is substantially horizontal and extends between the left and right ends of the handle and is disposed beneath top edges of the weight plates in the manner of a standard dumbbell;
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• (ii) a second loop type hand grip that in use has a top gripping portion that that is vertically positioned above the left and right ends of the handle and above top edges of the weight plates in the manner of a kettlebell exercise device;
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• (c) a selector that is movable into different positions relative to the handle and relative to the weight plates for coupling selected numbers of left weight plates to the left end of the handle and selected numbers of right weight plates to the right end of the handle.