US 7,377,885 B2
Dumbbell adjusting system method
Adam T. Doudiet, San Francisco, Calif. (US)
Assigned to ATD Services, Inc., San Francisco, Calif. (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/584,684.
Application 11/584684 is a division of application No. 11/301812, filed on Dec. 12, 2005, granted, now 7,137,932.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/635876, filed on Dec. 13, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2007/0037675 A1, Feb. 15, 2007
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 21/075 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 482—107  [482/98; 482/108] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for adjusting the weight of each end of a dumbbell, said method comprising:
providing a dumbbell including a tube handle and a plurality of weights on each end; and
turning the tube handle to axially advance or retract rods into each of the plurality of weights, wherein the number of weights engaged by the rods is always the same on each end; and
wherein the rods axially rotate to selectively engage the weights.