Patent ID: 7678030

Claim:
A one-piece dumbbell retail and storage rack for displaying at retail and storing two or more dumbbells, each dumbbell having two enlarged ends and a more narrow middle portion, comprising: a first section defining a first plane and comprising a bottom side adapted to sit on a flat surface; a second section integral with the first section and having a top side and bottom side adapted to sit on a flat surface, the second section defining a second plane that is essentially perpendicular to the first plane; where the first section further comprises a top side defining an essentially U-shaped opening, and first and second adjacent and parallel dumbbell-receiving structures, each dumbbell-receiving structure comprising two spaced saddles for receiving the enlarged ends of one dumbbell; where each of the saddles comprises a pair of opposing upwardly-directed sloped sidewalls that are sloped away from the enlarged end of the dumbbell and an upwardly-directed interior wall adjacent to the U-shaped opening; where the first dumbbell-receiving structure is adjacent to the second section, and the saddles of the first dumbbell-receiving structure are at least partially separated by the U-shaped opening; where the saddles of the second dumbbell-receiving structure are separated by the U-shaped opening; and where at least one of the sidewalls in each saddle of the first dumbbell-receiving structure is coextensive with the top side of the second section.