Weightlifting barbell

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12491397-B2
Application number	US-202318104919-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 2, 2023
Priority date	Feb 2, 2022
Publication date	Dec 9, 2025
Grant date	Dec 9, 2025

Abstract

A barbell includes a central section having opposed ends, a mounting structure including first and second tubular members located at the ends of the central section and engaged with the first tubular member, and a second barbell section engaged with the second tubular member. The first barbell section includes a first bar portion having a first sleeve mounted thereon, and the first bar portion has a first proximal end received in the first central passage and connected to the first tubular member to connect the first barbell section to one end of the central section. The second barbell section includes a second bar portion having a second sleeve rotatably mounted thereon, and the second bar portion has a second proximal end received in the second central passage and connected to the second tubular member to connect the second barbell section to the other end of the central section.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A barbell comprising:
a central section comprising a frame including a plurality of frame members extending between opposed first and second ends of the central section, a first end piece connected to the frame at the first end of the central section, and a second end piece connected to the frame at the second end of the central section; a mounting structure comprising a first tubular member located at the first end of the central section, the first tubular member having a first central passage, and a second tubular member located at the second end of the central section, the second tubular member having a second central passage, wherein the first tubular member is engaged with the first end piece and extends through the first end piece, and the second tubular member is engaged with the second end piece and extends through the second end piece, the mounting structure further comprising a first brace member connected to the first tubular member at a first location spaced inwardly from the first end piece and further connected to the central section to support the first tubular member and a second brace member connected to the second tubular member at a second location spaced inwardly from the second end piece and further connected to the central section to support the second tubular member; a first barbell section comprising a first bar portion having a first sleeve mounted thereon, the first bar portion having a first proximal end received in the first central passage and connected to the first tubular member to connect the first barbell section to the first end of the central section; and a second barbell section comprising a second bar portion having a second sleeve mounted thereon, the second bar portion having a second proximal end received in the second central passage and connected to the second tubular member to connect the second barbell section to the second end of the central section.

2 . The barbell of claim 1 , wherein the barbell has a longitudinal axis defined between the first and second ends, and the plurality of frame members include a first longitudinal member and a second longitudinal member extending along the longitudinal axis on opposite lateral sides of the central section.

3 . The barbell of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of frame members further includes a first angled member extending from the first longitudinal member to the first end piece, a second angled member extending from the first longitudinal member to the second end piece, a third angled member extending from the second longitudinal member to the first end piece, a fourth angled member extending from the second longitudinal member to the second end piece, wherein the first, second, third, and fourth angled members are angled laterally and longitudinally inward from the first and second longitudinal members.

4 . The barbell of claim 3 , wherein the first brace member is connected to the first angled member and the third angled member, and the second brace member is connected to the second angled member and the fourth angled member.

5 . The barbell of claim 2 , wherein the first brace member is connected to the first and second longitudinal member.

6 . The barbell of claim 1 , wherein the first central passage extends from an inner end to an outer end of the first tubular member and the second central passage extends from an inner end to an outer end of the second tubular member.

7 . The barbell of claim 6 , wherein the first proximal end extends through the first central passage and is connected to a first removable fastener at the inner end of the first tubular member to removably connect the first bar portion to the first tubular member, and the second proximal end extends through the second central passage and is connected to a second removable fastener at the inner end of the second tubular member to removably connect the second bar portion to the second tubular member.

8 . The barbell of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of grip members connected to the frame and configured for gripping by a user.

9 . The barbell of claim 1 , wherein the first tubular member extends through a first circular opening through the first end piece, and the second tubular member extends through a second circular opening through the second end piece.

10 . The barbell of claim 1 , wherein the first and second central passages each have a tapered inner diameter that decreases from an outer end toward an inner end thereof, and wherein the first bar portion is tapered to have a narrower diameter toward the first proximal end, and the second bar portion is tapered to have a narrower diameter toward the second proximal end.

11 . The barbell of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of frame members form a first side portion and a second side portion extending between the first and second ends of the central section, and wherein the first brace member is connected to the first side portion and the second side portion, and the second brace member is connected to the first side portion and the second side portion.

12 . A barbell comprising:
a central section comprising a frame including a plurality of frame members extending between opposed first and second ends of the central section; a mounting structure comprising a first tubular member located at the first end of the central section, the first tubular member having a first central passage, and a second tubular member located at the second end of the central section, the second tubular member having a second central passage, wherein the first and second central passages each have a tapered inner diameter that decreases from an outer end toward an inner end thereof; a first barbell section comprising a first bar portion having a first sleeve mounted thereon, the first bar portion having a first proximal end received in the first central passage and connected to the first tubular member to connect the first barbell section to the first end of the central section, wherein the first bar portion is tapered to have a narrower diameter toward the first proximal end; and a second barbell section comprising a second bar portion having a second sleeve rotatably mounted thereon, the second bar portion having a second proximal end received in the second central passage and connected to the second tubular member to connect the second barbell section to the second end of the central section, wherein the second bar portion is tapered to have a narrower diameter toward the second proximal end, wherein the first central passage extends from the inner end to the outer end of the first tubular member and the second central passage extends from the inner end to the outer end of the second tubular member, and wherein the first proximal end extends through the first central passage and is connected to a first removable fastener at the inner end of the first tubular member to removably connect the first bar portion to the first tubular member, and the second proximal end extends through the second central passage and is connected to a second removable fastener at the inner end of the second tubular member to removably connect the second bar portion to the second tubular member.

13 . The barbell of claim 12 , wherein the central section further comprises a first end piece connected to the frame at the first end of the central section, and a second end piece connected to the frame at the second end of the central section, wherein the first tubular member is engaged with the first end piece, and the second tubular member is engaged with the second end piece.

14 . The barbell of claim 13 , wherein the first tu

Assignees

• Coulter Ventures Llc

Inventors

• Garcia Nicolas
• Henniger William
• Jones Ahmik
• Pritchett Martin
• Tighe Charlie
• Brown Thomas

Classifications

• A63B21/4035

  for operation by hand · CPC title

• A63B21/4049

  Rotational movement · CPC title

• A63B2210/50

  Size reducing arrangements for stowing or transport · CPC title

• A63B21/0724 Primary

  Bar-bells; Hand bars · CPC title