EP1280584B1 - Adjustable water-fillable exercise weights - Google Patents
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- EP1280584B1 EP1280584B1 EP01927539A EP01927539A EP1280584B1 EP 1280584 B1 EP1280584 B1 EP 1280584B1 EP 01927539 A EP01927539 A EP 01927539A EP 01927539 A EP01927539 A EP 01927539A EP 1280584 B1 EP1280584 B1 EP 1280584B1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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- A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
- A63B21/06—User-manipulated weights
- A63B21/072—Dumb-bells, bar-bells or the like, e.g. weight discs having an integral peripheral handle
- A63B21/075—Dumb-bells, bar-bells or the like, e.g. weight discs having an integral peripheral handle with variable weights, e.g. weight systems with weight selecting means for bar-bells or dumb-bells
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- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
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- A63B21/06—User-manipulated weights
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- A63B21/0602—Fluids, e.g. water
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- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
- A63B21/06—User-manipulated weights
- A63B21/072—Dumb-bells, bar-bells or the like, e.g. weight discs having an integral peripheral handle
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- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
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- the present invention relates generally to hand-held exercising devices and is more particularly concerned with dumbells or barbells comprising water-fillable bellows-form weights which may be expanded to selected, reversibly lockable positions corresponding to predetermined levels of resistance to lifting of the barbell or dumbell when the weights are filled with water.
- US-A-4 905 992 discloses a collapsible weight system provides a collapsible/expandable diaphragm for containing a liquid which includes a closed hub disclosed on one end thereof and an open hub disposed on another end thereof, a tubular cap is provided to seal the collapsible/expandable diaphragm while engaging both the closed hub and the open hub to provide axial support of the diaphragm and a pin locking system is provided in order to lock the tubular cap to a bar for lifting the weights.
- US-A-3 231 270 discloses a bar bell which comprises an elongated bar extending centrally, a variable volume fluid chamber having a second collapsible, movable portion, means for filling said receptacle with and emptying said receptacle of fluid, indicia means for calibrating.
- dumbells or barbells In any weight training program, it is desired to have a variety of dumbells or barbells in which the end weight portions can be selectively increased by integral increments of, say, 5 Ibs.
- a traveler having arrived at his hotel room, say, and desirous of carrying out weight lifting exercises in his own room can unobtrusively assemble the dumbell or barbell, fill the weight containers to desired calibrated levels and later empty them and pack the lot away.
- each weight is a container for fluid, comprising rigid plate members and a collapsible/expandible receptacle extending between opposing faces of the plate members.
- Means such as a screw-capped filling port is used for introducing or removing water into the expandible weight unit.
- Each weight unit is a container having a central channel to receive a portion of the crossbar and is expandable in bellows-like fashion along calibrated stopping points on the crossbar of the exercise device, giving a clear visual numerical rendering of the filled weight of each weight container.
- Weight lifting equipment according to the present invention is particularly useful for exercising at the beach, where water is readily available and the light weight and portability of the equipment is advantageous. Similarly, the ease of adjustability of the variable weights make them ideal for carrying out a graded workout beside a swimming pool.
- Figure 1 illustrates the exterior view of a dumbell including a crossbar 10 and identical bellows-form weight units indicated generally at 12a and 12b, each shown linearly compressed to its smallest volume.
- scale markers seen through apertures 14 on crossbar 10 indicate (for example) that in their compressed configuration each of the weight units 12a and 12b holds 5 Ibs. of water when filled.
- Figure 2 is similar to Figure 1 but with the bellows-form weight unit fluid containers 12a and 12b expanded to their maximum limit capacities, by way of example 30 lbs. each.
- the exterior of weight unit of 12b has been shown partly broken and partly in section to reveal the internal components, and the adjacent outer portion of crossbar 10.
- crossbar 10 comprises an inner, inflexible tubular main bar portion 10a made of aluminum, rigid plastic or the like and an outer tubular sheet 10b made of medium density rubber or like material to provide a desirable grip-coating for the crossbar.
- Each weight unit comprises a first rigid plate member 16 having a central aperture 18 for receiving an end of crossbar 10, and second rigid plate member 20 in axial alignment with crossbar 10 and first plate member 16.
- These plates form an integral weight unit with flexible bellows-formed receptacle 22 which may be fabricated, for example, of a flexible silicone polymer including end portions 22a which outwardly overlap and cover face plates 16 and 20.
- bellows-form is of generally annular cross-sectional configuration presenting a central longitudinal walled passage 22a which in the assembled dumbell is in axial alignment with crossbar 10 and the central aperture 18 through the two inner plates 16 of units 12a and 12b.
- hollow bar 10a and 10b include apertures 14 to accommodate and reversibly lock on to leaf-spring loaded buttons 24a on either of two bar inserts 26a and 26b which fits slidably within the interior channel of crossbar 10.
- the outer ends 27a and 27b of bar inserts 26a and 26 are in use respectively secured to corresponding outer end plates 20 of the two weight units.
- the fully compressed position of a bellows 22 may optionally be releasably secured by means of locking tabs 27 and 28 formed on the inner faces of end plate 16 and 20 respectively, of the weight unit, best seen in the exploded view of Figure 5.
- Locking tabs 27 and 28 are temporarily locked then released for use by opposite slight twisting motions of the ends of an emptied, fully compressed weight unit.
- filling means When a bellows is expanded or contracted to a desired calibration position, water is added through filling means. In the illustrated embodiment this is threaded filling port 30a with associated screw cap 30b.
- each weight unit a compression spring 32 which nests within channel 22a and bears against the inner faces of plate members 16 and 20 to facilitate expansion of the bellows between successive space settings.
- a bellows, its front and end plates and its locking tabs may be removed from the crossbar with their respective bar inserts 26a and 26b for filling, emptying, storage or travel, simply by releasing the last (highest) weight setting, sliding the unit of the bar and emptying the bellows of fluid.
- the bar insert can then be removed from the bellows and packed into the interior of crossbar 10.
- a heavy weight barbell made according to the invention need not be restricted to a single pair of bellows units at opposite ends of a bar. Additional weights could be included by multiple interlocking or separate units at each ends of the bar.
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- An exercise dumbell which comprises(a) an elongate handle (10);(b) at least one pair of adjustable weight units (12a,12b) each said weight unit comprising a first rigid plate member (16) having a central aperture (18) for receiving an end of said handle (10), a second rigid plate member (20), and a collapsible/exgandible receptacle in the form of a resilient bellows (22) for fluid extending longitudinally between opposed faces of said first (16) end second plate members (20);(c) means for filling said receptacle (22) with and emptying said receptacle of fluid;(d) means (24,26) for releasably holding said first and second plate members (16,20) of said weight unit at one of a number of predetermined longitudinal space settings coaxially with said handle, each said predetermined setting corresponding to a selected total weight of said weight unit when filled with water; and(e) calibration means for visually indicating the weight of a fluid-filled weight unit at each of said longitudinal space setting, characterized in that the interior cavity of said bellow (22) is of a generally annular cross-sectional configuration, with a central passage (18) adapted to be aligned with said handle and said central aperture through the first rigid plate member (16) of the weight unit.
- An exercise dumbell according to claim 1, wherein said elongate handle (10) is a hollow cylindrical bar with a longitudinal interior channel and said means (24) for releasably holding said first (16) and second (20) plate members of said weight unit at a number of predetermined settings comprises:(i) an elongate bar insert (26a, 26b) centrally mounted at one end thereof to said second rigid plate (20) member and extending axially through said central passage of said bellows into said longitudinal interior channel of the handle (10); and(ii) a linear array of outwardly sprung locking members (24), and a cooperating locking recess (14) through the wall of the handle the releasable mating of any one of said locking members (24) with said locking recess (14) corresponding to a selected one of said one of said longitudinal space settings.
- An exercise dumbell according to claim 1 or claim 2, further comprising compression spring means (32) positioned in said central passage (22a) through the bellows (22) for urging said first (16) and second (20) plates of the weight unit apart to facilitate expansion of the bellows (22) between successive longitudinal space settings.
- An exercise dumbell according to claim 2 or claim 3, wherein said calibration means comprises a numerical scale of weight along the outside of said elongate bar insert and a sight port through said elongate handle (10) for viewing a weight reading at each of said longitudinal space settings.
- An exercise dumbell according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein said substantially sprung locking members (24, 14) are leaf-spring loaded pushbuttons and said cooperating locking recess is a circular hole through the wall of said elongated handle.
- An exercise dumbell according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein said means for filling and emptying said receptacle of fluid comprises a sealable filling/emptying port (30a, 30b) through one of said rigid plate members (16, 20).
- An exercise dumbell according to any one of claims 1 to 6, wherein opposed faces of said first and second rigid plate members (16,20) present mating locking tabs (27,28) for releasably securing the plates together when the dumbell is disassembled for storage.
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