Patent ID: 6776741
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A weight exercise apparatus comprising:a grip bar assembly having a handle with two ends, each end having a socket thereon; at least one weight plate assembly, said weight plate assembly having a weight ring with an interlocking insert hub mounted substantially about a center axis of said weight ring; said insert hub having a first side on a first surface of said weight plate assembly and having a second side on a second surface of said weight plate assembly; said insert hub has a locking mechanism, said locking mechanism having a locked position to prevent the unintentional rotation of said removable weight plate assembly and an unlocked position; said first side of said insert hub rotationally engageable with either said socket, or with the second side of an insert hub of a similarly configured weight plate assembly; and wherein at least one weight plate assembly is attachable to said socket by engaging said first side of said insert hub with said socket, and one or a plurality of additional said weight plate assemblies are successively attachable to earlier attached weight plate assemblies by rotationally engaging the second side of said insert hub of an earlier attached weight plate assembly, to the first side of an insert hub of a successively attached weight plate assembly.