Patent ID: 9610490
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: A63B

Claim:
1. A weight storage peg for supporting free weight plates from an exercise superstructure, comprising: a fastener for attachment to the exercise superstructure; and a bar extending from the fastener to a distal free end and defining a central axis, the bar having a thickness adjacent the free end which, when in use, fits within a central circular opening of a free weight plate of no greater than 2.2 inches in diameter, and the bar and fastener having sufficient strength to fully support one or more free weight plates each weighing 25 pounds or more with the bar configured to be cantilevered from the exercise superstructure using the fastener and configured to horizontally extend through the central opening of each of the supported free weight plates; wherein the bar comprises a metal core inside a non-metal sleeve, the non-metal sleeve being more compressible than the metal core; wherein the metal core is cylindrical with a generally continuous thickness, and the non-metal sleeve has a varying thickness providing a taper from a wider portion adjacent the free end to a narrower portion nearer the fastener wherein the taper is conical; wherein the non-metal sleeve comprises a tip which extends longitudinally beyond and covers the distal end of the metal core; wherein the fastener comprises a bolt, the bolt having a head and a threaded shaft, the threaded shaft being threadably receivable within a cavity formed in a proximal end along the central axis of the weight storage peg.