Patent ID: 9504866
Filing Date: 2016-11-29
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
1. An exercise apparatus capable of being used in multiple configurations with a plurality of accessories, the apparatus comprising: at least one exercise device including (i) a base with a first side and a second side presenting a flat major surface with a hole disposed substantially centrally relative to the base second side and passing through the base between the first and second sides, (ii) upstanding, spaced-apart frame members rigidly attached to the base and extending from the first side, and (iii) a handle spanning the upstanding frame members and being directly connected thereto at a location spaced from the base for grasping by a user of the apparatus, wherein the handle is a hollow cylinder directly connected to the upstanding frame members and having openings at both ends; a plurality of generally disc-shaped standard free weights, each having opposing mutually parallel, substantially planar free weight major surfaces and a single hole disposed substantially centrally of the disc and passing therethrough between the major surfaces thereof; at least one connection member configured to assume either of (i) a first orientation wherein it passes through the hole through the base and the hole in at least one of the plurality of free weights, and (ii) a second orientation wherein it passes through the hollow handle and the hole in each of at least one of the plurality of free weights at a respective end of the handle; and locking members for engaging end portions of the at least one connection member, wherein: when the at least one connection member is in the first orientation the locking members removably attach the at least one of the plurality of free weights to the exercise device with one of the free weight major surfaces of the at least one of the plurality of free weights in contact with the flat major surface of the base second side by engaging the end portions of the at least one connection member extending beyond the base first side and beyond a free weight major surface not in contact with the base second side, and when the at least one connection member is in the second orientation the locking members removably attach the at least one of the plurality of free weights to the exercise device at each respective end of the handle by engaging the end portions of the at least one connection member, wherein the at least one connection member extends beyond the at least one of the plurality of free weights at each end of the handle.