Patent Application
20220040523
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The disclosure relates to workout handle devices and more particularly pertains to a new workout handle device for adjustable height and cushioned workouts.
The prior art relates to workout handle devices. Existing devices may offer parallel grips for pushups. Most existing devices are not adjustable. Known devices are also fixed and do not incorporate a spring-loaded mechanism that allows for cushioned movements.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a handle having a parallel portion and a pair of perpendicular return portions. A pair of support tubes is coupled to the handle. The pair of support tubes is coupled to the perpendicular return portions. Each support tube is cylindrical and has a sidewall and an open bottom end. A pair of support legs is coupled to the pair of support tubes. Each support leg has a shaft portion and a foot portion. The shaft portion is slidably engaged within the open bottom end. A pair of springs is coupled to the pair of support tubes. Each spring is coupled within one of the support tubes and is compressible by the shaft portion of the respective support leg. Each of a pair of adjustment mechanisms is selectively engageable with the pair of support tubes and the pair of support legs to adjust a fixed height of the handle.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A pair of support tubes 22 is coupled to the handle 12. The pair of support tubes 22 is coupled to the perpendicular return portions 16. Each support tube 22 is cylindrical and has a sidewall 24 and an open bottom end 26. Each support tube 22 may have a plurality of first adjustment apertures 28 extending through the sidewall 24. The first adjustment apertures 28 may be arranged in a pair of vertical arrays 180° apart.
A pair of support legs 30 is coupled to the pair of support tubes 22. Each support leg 30 has a shaft portion 32 and a foot portion 34 with the shaft portion 32 slidably engaged within the open bottom end 26. The shaft portion 32 of each support leg may have a second adjustment aperture 36 extending therethrough. Each foot portion 34 may have a circular base portion 38 and a filleted support portion 40 extending to the shaft portion 32. The support legs 30 may thus have a larger contact area with the ground for stability as well as a reinforced structure with only smooth edges for user comfort and accident prevention.
A pair of springs 42 is coupled to the pair of support tubes 22. Each spring 42 is coupled within one of the support tubes 22 and is compressible by the shaft portion 32 of the respective support leg 30. Each of a pair of adjustment mechanisms 44 is selectively engageable with the pair of support tubes 22 and the pair of support legs 30 to adjust a fixed height of the handle 12. Each adjustment mechanism 44 may be a peg 46 having a head portion 48, an engagement portion 50, and a catch 52. The head portion 48 of each peg is perpendicular to the engagement portion 50 and provides a place for the user to grip the peg 46 and slide the engagement portion through opposing apertures of the first adjustment apertures 28 and the second adjustment aperture 36. The catch 52 may be a spring-loaded ball or other selectively depressible protrusion to prevent the peg 46 from accidentally disengaging the support tube 22.
In use, the handle 12 is depressed to a chosen height and the adjustment mechanisms 44 are engaged to fix the height. The apparatus 10 may then be used like a traditional hand grip for pushups or other exercises. The apparatus 10 may alternatively be used without engaging the pair of adjustment mechanisms 44 to allow for the pair of springs 42 to act as dampeners or shock absorbers while doing exercises such as plyometric movements to protect the user's joints.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
