Patent ID: 7811213
Filing Date: 2010-10-12
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An adjustable exercise device comprising: a handle including a first end portion, and including a second end portion, and including a narrowed neck segment formed in each of said first and said second end portions of said handle, a base plate provided on each of said first and said second end portions of said handle and including an outer diameter greater than that of said handle, at least two weight members each including a slot formed therein and having a width no less than said narrowed neck segment of said handle for receiving said narrowed neck segment of said handle, and for allowing said at least two weight members to be attached to and disengaged from either of said first and said second end portions of said handle, said at least two weight members each including an enlarged opening formed therein and communicating with said slot of said at least two weight members, and said enlarged opening including an inner diameter greater than the width of said slots of said at least two weight members and no less than the outer diameter of said handle for receiving said handle, and for allowing said at least two weight members to be retained to said handle and for preventing said at least two weight members from being disengaged from said handle when said at least two weight members are offset from said narrowed neck segment of said handle, and a sliding member slidably attached onto each of said first and said second end portions of said handle for engaging with said at least two weight members after said at least two weight members have been engaged onto said handle and after said at least two weight members have been disengaged from said narrowed neck segment of said handle, and said sliding members each including a latch for engaging with said handle and for selectively locking said sliding member to said handle, in order to retain and secure said at least two weight members to said handle.