Patent ID: 7918772
Filing Date: 2011-04-05
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An adjustable selectorized dumbbell, which comprises: (a) a plurality of nested weights having a plurality of members that vertically overlie one another in a vertical array, the members being separated by gaps therebetween; (b) a handle which the user can grip to hold and manipulate the dumbbell, wherein the handle has a plurality of vertically spaced openings located adjacent the vertical array of members on the weights with the openings being vertically located on the handle such that each member of each weight is vertically straddled by a pair of openings adjacent the gaps above and below each member; and (c) a connecting pin having at least one fork-shaped connecting prong with a pair of upper and lower forks, wherein the connecting pin has the upper and lower forks thereof inserted into a pair of vertical openings with the upper and lower forks straddling the member of a particular weight to thereby couple to the handle the weight whose member is straddled along with all other weights whose members lie above the member straddled by the upper and lower forks.