Patent ID: 7637852
Filing Date: 2009-12-29
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for changing barbell weights and a barbell comprising a circular weight, said apparatus for changing barbell weights comprising a stand, said stand comprising a ramp sloping up to a cradle, said cradle comprising a cradle floor disposed between a cradle proximal lip adjacent said ramp and a cradle distal lip along an edge of said cradle opposite said cradle proximal lip, said cradle further comprising a cradle inner edge extending from said cradle proximal lip to said cradle distal lip, and a cradle outer edge extending from said cradle proximal lip to said cradle distal lip and disposed opposite said cradle inner edge, said cradle floor sloping downward from said cradle inner edge to said cradle outer edge relative to a surface upon which said apparatus for changing barbell weights rests, said ramp comprising a ramp proximal end opposite a ramp distal end, and a ramp inner edge opposite a ramp outer edge, said ramp distal end being disposed adjacent said cradle proximal lip, said ramp sloping downwards from said ramp distal end to said ramp proximal end, and said ramp sloping downwards from said ramp inner edge to said ramp outer edge, said cradle floor sloping gently up to said cradle proximal lip, said cradle floor sloping gently up to said cradle distal lip, a cross-sectional shape of said cradle adjacent said cradle inner edge being substantially circular, a radius of curvature of said cross-sectional shape of said cradle adjacent said cradle inner edge exceeding a radius of curvature of said weight.