Adjustable dumbbell

• US 8,025,613 B1
• Filed: 09/24/2010
• Issued: 09/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Beto Entineering & Marketing Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beto Entineering & Marketing Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Wang, Lo Pin
• Primary Examiner(s): Thanh; Loan
• Assistant Examiner(s): ROLAND, DANIEL F
• Application Number:
  US12/924,334
• Time in Patent Office: 368 Days
• Field of Search: 482 92- 94, 482 98- 99, 482/104, 482106-109, 482/908, 482/909
• US Class Current: 482/107
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0602 Non-electronic means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/00065 by increasing or reducing the number of resistance units
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0726 Dumb bells, i.e. with a central bar to be held by a single hand, and with weights at the ends
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities

Abstract

An adjustable dumbbell includes a handle, a shaft rotatably engaged through the handle, a carrier attached to each end portion of the shaft and having an inner housing and an outer housing and one or more middle housings spaced from each other for forming two or more gaps between the housings and for engaging with weight members, and the inner housing and the middle housing each include a spring-biased projection extendible into the gaps for selectively latching the weight members to the handle and the shaft and the carrier, and a control device is rotatably engaged onto the shaft and coupled to the handle for actuating the spring-biased projections to latch the selected weight members to the handle and the shaft and the carrier.

Claims

1. An adjustable dumbbell comprising:

a plurality of weight members each including an opening formed therein,

a handle including two end portions, and including a bore formed therein,

a shaft rotatably engaged in said bore of said handle and including two end portions extended out of said handle,

a carrier attached to each end portion of said shaft, and including an inner housing attached to said end portion of said shaft and rotated in concert with said shaft, and an outer housing and at least one middle housing attached to said inner housing and spaced from each other for forming at least two gaps between said inner housing and said outer housing and said at least one middle housing and for selectively receiving and engaging with said weight members, and said inner housing and said at least one middle housing each including a spring-biased projection extendible into said gaps that are formed between said inner housing and said outer housing and said at least one middle housing for selectively engaging with said weight members and for latching the selected weight members to said handle and said shaft and said carrier, and

a control device rotatably engaged onto said shaft and coupled to said handle for engaging with said spring-biased projections and for selectively actuating said spring-biased projections to engage with said weight members and to latch the selected weight members to said handle and said shaft and said carrier.

2. The adjustable dumbbell as claimed in claim 1, wherein said outer and said at least one middle housing each include at least one protrusion extended therefrom for engaging with said at least one middle housing and said inner housing and for spacing said inner housing and said outer housing and said at least one middle housing from each other and for forming said gaps between said inner housing and said outer housing and said at least one middle housing.

3. The adjustable dumbbell as claimed in claim 2, wherein said outer and said at least one middle housing each include a second protrusion extended therefrom for engaging with said at least one middle housing and said inner housing and for spacing said inner housing and said outer housing and said at least one middle housing from each other, and said second protrusion includes a width greater than that of said at least one protrusion for fitted in said openings of said weight members.

4. The adjustable dumbbell as claimed in claim 3, wherein said carrier includes two fasteners engaged through said at least one protrusion and said second protrusions and engaged with said inner housing and said outer housing and said at least one middle housing for securing said inner housing and said outer housing and said at least one middle housing together.

5. The adjustable dumbbell as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control device includes a base plate provided on each end portion of said handle and having a plurality of pairs of recesses and bulges alternatively formed thereon for selectively engaging with said spring-biased projections.

6. The adjustable dumbbell as claimed in claim 5, wherein said base plate includes two peripheral walls concentrically formed therein for forming a peripheral channel between said peripheral walls, and said pairs of recesses and bulges are formed and located in said peripheral channel that is formed between said peripheral walls.

7. The adjustable dumbbell as claimed in claim 6, wherein said peripheral walls include an inner peripheral wall having an inner diameter greater than that of said bore of said handle for forming a peripheral shoulder in said handle.

8. The adjustable dumbbell as claimed in claim 6, wherein said peripheral channel of said base plate is separated into two half circles each of which is divided into eight divisions, a first recess of said recesses is formed and located in first three divisions of each half circle, and a first bulge of said bulges is formed and located in a fourth division of each half circle, a second recess of said recesses is formed and located in a fifth division of each half circle, and a second bulge of said bulges is formed and located in last three divisions of each half circle.

9. The adjustable dumbbell as claimed in claim 5, wherein said base plate includes a peripheral fence extended axially and outwardly therefrom and having an outer diameter smaller than that of said base plate for forming an outer peripheral shoulder therein, and includes a scale provided on said peripheral fence, said inner housing includes a peripheral flange extended radially and outwardly therefrom and having an outer diameter greater than that of said peripheral fence of said base plate and rotatably engaged onto said peripheral fence of said base plate and engaged with said peripheral shoulder of said handle for guiding and limiting said inner housing to rotate relative to said handle, and said inner housing includes a window formed in said peripheral flange for allowing said scale to be seen through said window of said inner housing.

10. The adjustable dumbbell as claimed in claim 1, wherein said control device includes a barrel rotatably engaged onto said shaft and coupled to said handle, said barrel includes a plurality of pairs of recesses and bulges alternatively formed thereon for selectively engaging with said spring-biased projections.

11. The adjustable dumbbell as claimed in claim 10, wherein said handle includes at least one depression formed therein, and said barrel includes at least one key extended outwardly therefrom for engaging with said at least one depression of said handle and for coupling said barrel to said handle and for allowing said barrel to be rotated in concert with said handle.

12. The adjustable dumbbell as claimed in claim 10, wherein said barrel includes a peripheral channel formed therein and separated into two half circles each of which is divided into eight divisions, a first recess of said recesses is formed and located in first two divisions of each half circle, and a first bulge of said bulges is formed and located in a third division of each half circle, a second recess of said recesses is formed and located in a fourth division of each half circle, and a second bulge of said bulges is formed and located in a fifth division of each half circle, and a third recess of said recesses is formed and located in a sixth division of each half circle, and a third bulge of said bulges is formed and located in last two divisions of each half circle.