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The disclosure relates to attachment devices and more particularly pertains to a new attachment device for attaching dumbbells to a weightlifting belt. The present invention discloses an attachment device comprising clamps that are engageable singly to opposed sides of a weightlifting belt, and which actively engage handles of dumbbells.
The prior art relates to attachment devices. Prior art attachment devices for securing dumbbells to weightlifting belts may comprise hook shaped attachments for weightlifting belts which do not coupled to a handle of a dumbbell. Other prior art attachment devices may comprise rods, which are attachable to weightlifting belts and insertable into holed weights. What is lacking in the prior art is an attachment device comprising clamps that are engageable singly to opposed sides of a weightlifting belt, and which actively engage handles of dumbbells.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a pair of clamping units, each of which is configured to be mountable to respective opposed side of a weightlifting belt so that the clamping units are positioned singly proximate to hips of a user upon donning of the weightlifting belt by the user. Each clamping unit is configured to selectively engage a respective dumbbell of a pair of dumbbells so that the respective dumbbell is removably engaged to the clamping unit. The pair of clamping units is configured to engage a pair of dumbbells so that the dumbbells are positioned singly proximate to the hips of the user. The user thus is positioned to perform exercises without using their hands to grasp the dumbbells.
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
As best illustrated in
Each clamping unit 12 comprises a clamp 20, a fastener 22, and a biaser 24. The clamp 20 comprises a first element 26, which is slidably engaged to a second element 28. The clamp 20 is selectively positionable in an open configuration, as shown in
The first element 26 comprises a first plate 32 and a second plate 34. The second plate 34 is engaged to and extends substantially perpendicularly from a lower end 36 of the first plate 32. The second element 28 comprises a third plate 38, which is slidably engaged by a bottom end 40 to the second plate 34 distal from the first plate 32.
As shown in
The fastener 22 is engaged to the first element 26 and is configured to selectively engage the weightlifting belt 16 so that the clamp 20 is removably engaged to a respective opposed side 14 of the weightlifting belt 16. The fastener 22 may comprise a hooking element 48, which is configured to hook to the weightlifting belt 16, or other fastening means, such as, but not limited to, bolts, securable straps, and the like.
The hooking element 48 may comprise a first piece 50 and a second piece 52. The first piece 50 is engaged proximate to and extends substantially perpendicularly from an upper end 54 of the first plate 32. The first piece 50 extends opposingly to the second plate 34. The second piece 52 is engaged to and extends from the first piece 50 distal from the first plate 32. The second piece 52 extends substantially in parallel with the first plate 32 towards the lower end 36 of the first plate 32. The second piece 52 and the first plate 32 thus define a slot 56, which is configured for insertion of the weightlifting belt 16 to removably engage the clamp 20 to the weightlifting belt 16. An outer surface 42 of the second piece 52 may be planar, as shown in
The biaser 24 is engaged to the first element 26 and is operationally engaged to the second element 28. The biaser 24 is positioned to bias the clamp 20 to the retracted configuration. The biaser 24 may comprise a pair of springs 58, or other biasing means, such as, but not limited to, screw gears, elastic straps, and the like. Each spring 58 is engaged to and extends between a respective rod 44 and the second plate 34. The spring 58 is tensioned as the respective rod 44 is extended from an associated channel 46 when positioning the clamp 20 in the open configuration. The spring 58 is positioned to rebound to motivate the clamp 20 to the retracted configuration.
In use, the pair of clamping units 12 are mounted to the opposed sides 14 of the weightlifting belt 16 by inserting the weightlifting belt 16 into the slots 56. The weightlifting belt 16 then is donned by the user. The clamps 20 are sequentially positioned in the open configuration by pulling the third plate 38 laterally away from the first plate 32, at which point a handle 30 of a respective dumbbell 18 can be inserted into the clamp 20. Upon releasing the third plate 38, the spring 58 rebounds and the dumbbell 18 is secured in the clamp 20.
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.
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