Bar for exercise
AssigneeBTF Global Corp.
InventorTimothy Fitzpatrick
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Abstract
A barbell characterized by a longitudinal bar with two hand gripping portions, with sufficient spacing between gripping portions to provide clearance for the torso, head or neck, where the gripping portions are characterized by first and second diamond-like shaped exterior portions enclosing gripping windows, where the windows each contain at least one gripping bar, non-parallel to the longitudinal bar, where the first and second diamond-like portions have a first and second interior end portions which, with the intermediate region, define a cambered gripping portion wherein the gripping bars and the exterior portion of the gripping windows are designed to provide a plurality of gripping positions and angles for the user.
Claims20
A barbell with improved first and second gripping portions comprising:
- a longitudinal bar having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate region,
- the intermediate region including a center point;
- the first gripping portion and the second gripping portion on the longitudinal bar, located between the first and second ends and separated by the intermediate region, said first and second gripping portions being approximately equidistant from the center point,
- the first and second gripping portions being characterized by a first and second rhombus exterior portion enclosing a first and a second gripping window, wherein the windows each have at least one gripping crossbar non-parallel to the longitudinal bar, and
- wherein the first and second gripping portions each provide multiple gripping surfaces and gripping angles.
A barbell with improved gripping portion portions comprising:
- a longitudinal bar having a first end, a second end, and an intermediate region,
- the intermediate region including a center point;
- a first gripping portion and a second gripping portion on the longitudinal bar, said first and second gripping portions located between the first and second ends and separated by the intermediate region, said first and second gripping portions being approximately equidistant from the center point,
- the first and second gripping portions being characterized by first and second exterior portions enclosing a first and a second gripping window, the first and second exterior portions each defined by two arcuate segments, wherein the windows have at least one gripping crossbar non-parallel to the longitudinal bar,
- wherein the gripping portions provide multiple gripping surfaces and angles,
- wherein the gripping portions are assembled from arcuate segments and at least one crossbar, and
- wherein the arcuate segments have end portions, and wherein the end portions have interior end portions.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.