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Support device for plate-like weights

  • US 6,145,674 A
  • Filed: 02/25/1999
  • Issued: 11/14/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/25/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A support device for storing plate-like weights, comprising:

  • a pair of central shafts each having opposite upper and lower ends and a longitudinal axis extending between said ends, said upper and lower ends being for securing to a ceiling and a floor;

    a plurality of horizontal shafts extending from said central shafts generally perpendicular to said longitudinal axes of said central shafts such that said plurality of horizontal shafts are aligned in a vertical plane, said horizontal shafts being adapted for receiving a plurality of weight plates;

    each of said horizontal shafts having a diameter of about one and one-half inches and a length of about twenty-four inches, said length being for preventing a torque from being applied to said central shaft;

    said lower end of each of said central shafts having a circular lower flange coupled thereto, said lower flange having a plurality of mounting holes therein, said lower flanges being adapted for securing to a floor, said mounting holes being adapted for receiving threaded fasteners therethrough;

    each of said upper ends of said central shafts having a circular upper flange coupled thereto, said upper flange having a plurality of mounting holes therein, said upper flange being adapted for securing to a ceiling, said mounting holes being adapted for receiving threaded fasteners therethrough;

    wherein said upper flanges are adjustably coupled to said upper end of said central shaft such that said upper flanges are positionable towards and away from the associated upper end of said central shafts along said longitudinal axis of the associated central shaft;

    a pair of threaded shafts being telescopically inserted in said upper ends of said central shafts and extending through adjusting nuts, said upper flanges being coupled to said threaded shafts, said adjusting nuts threadedly engaging said threaded shafts for adjusting a distance between said upper ends of said central shafts and the associated upper flange;

    each of said central shafts comprising a plurality of alternating short members and generally T-shaped couplers, said horizontal shafts being detachably coupled to said couplers;

    each of the horizontal shafts having an end loop coupled to a free end thereof;

    each of said central shafts having a pair of securing loops positioned towards said upper and lower ends thereof;

    a pair of locking lines, each of said locking lines being removably extended through each of said end loops of said horizontal shafts and each of said securing loops of one of said central shafts for preventing removal of weights from said horizontal shafts;

    a cross member extending between central portions of said central shafts, said cross member having a plurality of vertical members extending generally perpendicular therefrom such that said plurality of vertical members are aligned in a vertical plane, said vertical shafts being adapted for receiving a plurality of weight plates, said vertical plane of said vertical members being coplanar with said plurality of horizontal shafts such that the plurality of weight plates on said vertical shafts provide counterbalancing for the weight plates on said horizontal members;

    each of said vertical shafts having an end loop coupled to a free end thereof;

    a third locking line being removably extended through each of said end loops of said vertical shafts and each of said securing loops of said central shaft for preventing removal of weights from said vertical shafts; and

    a plurality of padlocks for securing said locking lines to said loops.

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