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Exercise bar with head-accepting gapRelated Patent Categories: Exercise Devices, User Manipulated Force Resisting Apparatus, Component Thereof, Or Accessory Therefor, Utilizing Weight Resistance, Handheld Bar With Weight At Each End (e.g., Barbell, Dumbbell, Etc.) Or Component ThereofExercise bar with head-accepting gap description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060040802, Exercise bar with head-accepting gap. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] This invention relates generally to exercise equipment and relates, more particularly, to exercise equipment intended to be grasped by the hands of a user and moved between two positions during an exercise routine. [0002] To perform a common curling exercise with a conventional, straight barbell bar, an individual stands on his feet and moves the bar between raised and lowered positions in front of the individual as the individual's hands remain grasped about the bar. When the bar is in the lowered position, the arms of the individual are straight and the bar (as well as the individual's hands) are positioned slightly below the individual's waist. By comparison, when the bar is in the raised position, the arms of the individual are bent at the elbows and the bar (as well as the individual's hands) are positioned adjacent (or slightly below) the individual's chin. [0003] While the aforedescribed curling exercise is known to work the individual's biceps, the exercise does not work many more of the individual's muscles than the biceps. Consequently, such a curling exercise can be viewed as inefficient. It would be desirable to provide a bar for a curling exercise which works many more muscles of an individual than does a curling exercise performed with a conventional, straight bar. [0004] Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a new and improved exercise bar for use during a curling exercise routine. [0005] Another object of the present invention is to provide such a bar which enables a user to perform a full body curl as the user moves the bar from a lowered position in front of the user's torso to a position located behind the user's head. [0006] Still another object of the present invention to provide such a bar which does not have to be lifted entirely above the head in order to move the bar between a position disposed in front of the user's torso and a position situated behind the user's neck. [0007] Yet another object of the present invention is to provide such a bar which can be readily maneuvered between a position disposed in front of the user's torso and a position located behind the user's neck and which reduces any likelihood that the user's head will be struck by the bar during such a maneuvering of the bar. [0008] Yet still another object of the present invention is to provide such a bar which is capable of supporting barbell weights added thereto for altering the total weight of the bar. [0009] A further object of the present invention to provide such a bar which incorporates hand grips which reduce any likelihood that the wrists of the user will be exposed to undue strain during the performance of an exercise routine. [0010] A still further object of the present invention is to provide such a bar whose hand grips accommodate a degree of adjustment in position of the user's hands as the exercise bar is moved between two positions. [0011] A yet further object of the present invention is to provide such a bar whose hand grips accommodate an adjustment in position of the user's hands and forearms by enabling rotation of the user's hands and forearms as they are pivoted about the elbow joint during the performance of an exercise routine, such as a curling exercise routine, performed with the bar. [0012] One more object of the present invention is to provide such a bar whose hand grips enable rotation of the hands and arms in a new and improved manner which reduces the imposing of undue or undesirable body stresses during an exercise routine. [0013] Still one more object of the present invention is to provide such a bar which is uncomplicated in structure, yet effective in operation. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0014] This invention resides in an exercise bar for use during an exercise routine. [0015] The exercise bar includes an elongated frame having two opposite ends and two hand grips with which the bar is grasped by the user during an exercise routine performed with the bar. Furthermore, each hand grip is associated with a corresponding end of the bar so that the two grips are spaced from one another, and the hand grips permit the user's hands grasped thereabout to be arranged so that the palms of the grasping hands face one another. In addition, the frame includes a mid-section which joins the opposite ends of the bar to one another and which provides a gap disposed between the hand grips which is sized to accommodate the passage of the mid-section over the head of the user without the need to lift the grips of the bar any higher than the user's head. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0016] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an exercise bar within which features of the invention are embodied. [0017] FIG. 2 is a plan view of the FIG. 1 bar as seen generally from above in FIG. 1. [0018] FIG. 3 is an elevational view of the FIG. 1 bar as seen from below in FIG. 2. [0019] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line 4-4 of FIG. 2. [0020] FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a user preparing to perform a fully body curl with the FIG. 1 bar. [0021] FIGS. 6-8 are side views of the FIG. 5 user illustrating the various positions of the bar of FIG. 1 when performing a full body curl with the bar. 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