Adjustable kettlebell

• US 7,563,208 B1
• Filed: 10/22/2008
• Issued: 07/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Paul Chen
• Original Assignee: Paul Chen
• Inventors: Chen, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Thanh; Loan H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lewin; Allana
• Application Number:
  US12/288,685
• Time in Patent Office: 272 Days
• Field of Search: 482/92, 482/93, 482106-109, 482/14, 482 20- 22, 482/49, 482/50, D21680-682
• US Class Current: 482/93
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0728 with means for fixing weights on bars, i.e. fixing olympic discs or bumper plates on bar-bells or dumb-bells
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/075 with variable weights , e.g. weight systems with weight selecting means for bar-bells or dumb-bells

Abstract

An adjustable kettlebell includes a carrier having two or more compartments for selectively receiving weight members, a handle attached to the carrier for carrying the carrier, and a retaining device rotatably attached to the carrier for selectively opening the opening of the carrier and for allowing the weight members to be engaged into the carrier, and for selectively closing the opening of the carrier in order to selectively retain either or all of the weight members to the carrier. The weight members may be easily and quickly and changeably attached to the compartments of the carrier without disassembling the carrier.

Claims

1. An adjustable kettlebell comprising:

a carrier including a chamber formed therein, and including an opening formed in said carrier and communicating with said chamber of said carrier, and including a first compartment and at least one second compartment formed in said carrier and communicating with said chamber of said carrier,

a handle attached to said carrier for carrying said carrier,

a first weight member and at least one second weight member selectively engaged into said first and said at least one second compartment of said carrier from said opening of said carrier, and

a retaining device rotatably attached to said carrier for selectively opening said opening of said carrier and for allowing said first and said at least one second weight members to be selectively engaged into said carrier, and for selectively closing said opening of said carrier in order to selectively retain either or both of said first and said at least one second weight members to said carrier.

2. The adjustable kettlebell as claimed in claim 1, wherein said carrier includes a base plate, an upper plate, and a side coupler coupled between said base plate and said upper plate for forming said opening of said carrier.

3. The adjustable kettlebell as claimed in claim 2, wherein said carrier includes a shaft disposed between said base plate and said upper plate, and at least one supporting member attached to said shaft for forming said first and said at least one second compartment in said carrier.

4. The adjustable kettlebell as claimed in claim 3, wherein said carrier includes at least one spacer attached to said shaft and engaged with said at least one supporting member.

5. The adjustable kettlebell as claimed in claim 3, wherein said first and said at least one second weight members each include a slot formed therein for receiving said shaft.

6. The adjustable kettlebell as claimed in claim 5, wherein said slots of said first and said at least one second weight members are engaged with said side coupler of said carrier for anchoring said first and said at least one second weight members to said carrier and for preventing said first and said at least one second weight members from rotating and moving relative to said carrier.

7. The adjustable kettlebell as claimed in claim 3, wherein said retaining device includes a retainer rotatably attached to said carrier for selectively opening or closing said opening of said carrier.

8. The adjustable kettlebell as claimed in claim 7, wherein said retaining device includes at least one panel rotatably attached to said shaft of said carrier, and said retainer is secured to said at least one panel.

9. The adjustable kettlebell as claimed in claim 1, wherein said carrier includes a spring-biased projection engaged therein for engaging with said retaining device and for anchoring said retaining device to said carrier at a required position.

10. The adjustable kettlebell as claimed in claim 9, wherein said retaining device includes at least one depression formed therein for engaging with said spring-biased projection.