Patent ID: 6860842

Claim:
An intervening section for an exercise bar comprising an insertion end; a receptor end; a separation release button proximate the insertion end; a button opening proximate the receptor end; and separation snap-fit means; wherein the section's insertion and receptor ends are mated in configuration and size to the cross-sectional configuration and size of an exercise bar's elongated body whereby the section's insertion end fits snugly within and is snap-fitted to an exercise bar's separable receptor end and the exercise bar's separable insertion end fits snugly within and is snap-fitted to the section's receptor end; each respective separation release button disposed, upon connecting the intervening section to the exercise bar's body, into alignment with a respective button opening through which it is urged by snap-fit means, thereby retaining the joined members such that the intervening section increases the effectual length of the bar's elongated body.