Patent ID: 7182715

Claim:
A kettlebell exercise device comprising: at least one weightplate, at least a portion of thereof having a generally frustum shape disposed about a first axis; a generally cylindrical handle sized to be gripped by a user of said kettlebell, and disposed about a second axis generally perpendicular to said first axis; and means mechanically coupling said handle to said weightplate, the frustum shape of the weightplate providing a generally obliquely oriented side surface sized and positioned to contact the user's forearm in a manner which spreads the impact force of the weightplate against the forearm when contacted during an exercise movement, the at least one frustum shaped weightplate having a back face and a relatively smaller front face with the obliquely side surface disposed therebetween, th enterface between the obliquely oriented side surface and either face forming a fulcrum region positioned, when the weightplate contacts the users forearm during an exercise movement, to contact the user's forearm in a manner that causes the weightplate to exert a counter-torque in response to the flexing of the user's wrist, thereby substantially impeding such flexing, said fulcrum region having a radius of curvature that substantially prevents a sharp edge from contacting the forearm.