Weight Bar Locking Mechanism

摘要

Improvements in a weight bar locking mechanism that secures a zig-sag or bent curling bar or straight bar. Curl bars have only limited areas where the bar can be rested where the bar is perpendicular to the weights. The central area is typically fairly narrow in dimension and placing the curl bar on this central area can be difficult and is the bar is not placed into the central area the curl be can be unbalanced. The locking mechanism captures both the top and bottom of the curl bar to lock the bar and prevents the curl bar from falling if the curl bar is not properly placed onto the locking mechanism. The locking mechanism forces the retained sides of the curl bar like an over-center torsion bar type arrangement to forces both sides of the curl bar to be essentially parallel orientation.

主权项

1. A weight bar locking mechanism comprising:
a pair of parallel placed surfaces; said parallel placed side rigidly joined together; said parallel placed surfaces each having a slot sized to accept a rod member; between said parallel placed side is a first flapper having at least two arms connected through a first common pivot; between said parallel placed side is a second flapper having at least one arm connected through a second pivot, and said first flapper having at least one of said two arms having a step where said at least one arm of said second flapper engages into said step to prevent said first flapper from rotating on said first common pivot.