Dumbbell assembly

Description

FIELD AND BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates generally to an improved design and construction of dumbbell weight-head assembly.

Dumbbells are commonly found in fitness centers and gyms, as well as for sale to private users. Typically, two weight-heads are attached to the two ends of a handle bar, forming a fixed weight dumbbell.

Mostly, the attachment of the weight-heads is done by direct welding of the weight-heads to the handle bar. Alternatively, weight-head may be screwed into a hollowed thread hole along and axial direction of the handle.

During normal usage, dumbbells are constantly being dropped, impacted and thrown around, in gyms and private houses. If the welding is not done solidly, which oftentimes happen as a result of mass-production, the weld junction tend to break and the weight-heads are likely to be detached away from the handle and cause injuries to users or damages to nearby objects.

In the case where the weight-heads are screwed on, usually by a single bolt or screw going into the hole along the axial direction of the handle, oftentimes the weight-heads will get wobbly or loose from the handle after some period of use by users. Such loose or wobbly weight-heads present potential great danger to users.

The assembly structure described and claimed in present invention will produce a dumbbell with weight-heads that are secure and tight and not likely to have the problems stated hereinabove.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate the preferred embodiments of the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention.

A brief description of the drawings is as follows:

FIG. 1 shows the dis-assembled view of present invention.

FIG. 2 shows the close-up cut-out view of a weight-head assemble to the flange, as described in present invention.

FIG. 3 shows the outer-most portion of the handle is machined to have reverse (counter-clockwise) threadlines and the center hole of the weight-heads contains matching threadlines.

FIG. 4 shows the flanges are welded to the handle by way of welding.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

In FIG. 1, a dumbbell assembly having two weight-heads is shown. Two flanges 1.2 are formed at some offset length from the two ends of the handle 1.1, leaving two stub 1.4 on the two outer-most portion of said handle 1.1.

A plurality of through holes 1.3 are made to the flanges 1.2; corresponding number of holes 1.6 on 2 weight-heads 1.5 are made to contain regular (clockwise) threadlines, so that screws (or bolts) 2.3 (with matching regular threadlines) can be used to attach and tighten the flanges 1.2 to the weight-heads 1.5, when the stub 1.4 is inserted into the center hole 1.7 of the weight-heads 1.5, as shown in FIG. 2.

FIG. 3 shows that reverse threadlines 3.3 are machined to the junction to receive flanges 3.2 containing matching threadlines. The stub portion of the handle contains regular threadlines 3.5 to received the center hole of weight-heads containing matching threadlines.

For this type of reverse threadlines and regular threadlines made on the handle to assemble the flanges (3.2 in FIG. 3, or 1.2 in FIG. 1), the effective diameter of the junction portion (the reverse threadlines part) is bigger than that of the stub portion that is used to receive the weight-heads.

Similar to the depiction in FIG. 2, after weight-heads 3.4 are assembled to stubs containing the threadlines 3.5, a plurality of screws or bolts 3.6 are used to attach and tighten the weight-heads 3.4 to the flanges 3.2.

FIG. 4 shows that, alternatively, flanges 4.2 may be assembled to handle 4.1 by welding. Weld line 4.1 is shown at the junction area where flanges 4.2 is formed on the handle 4.1, leaving a stub portion for inserting into the weight-heads 4.4 and tightening by bolts or screws 4.6.