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Exercise apparatus

  • US 6,592,499 B2
  • Filed: 07/02/2001
  • Issued: 07/15/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2001
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus that is used for exercising comprising:

  • an elongated barbell having a longitudinal axis and first and second axial ends;

    first and second dumbbells releasably connectable to said first and second axial ends of said barbell, each of said first and second dumbbells having weighted opposite end portions and a handle extending between said weighted opposite end portions;

    locking members for releasably connecting said first and second dumbbells to said first and second axial ends of said barbell so that longitudinal axes of said first and second dumbbells are coaxial with said longitudinal axis of said barbell, said locking members having locking positions in which said dumbbells are connected to said barbell, said locking members moving into said locking positions upon axial and non-rotational movement of said first and second dumbbells relative to said barbell; and

    first and second collars for retaining said locking members in said locking positions, each of said first and second collars being manually and axially movable relative to said first and second dumbbells from a first position in which said first and second collars retain said locking members in said locking positions to second positions in which said locking members are released from said locking positions.

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