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Weight lifting grip deviceWeight lifting grip device description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20080045388, Weight lifting grip device. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001]The present application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application, Ser. No. 60/815,397, filed on Jun. 22, 2006, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference. TECHNICAL FIELD [0002]The present disclosure relates generally to exercise equipment. BACKGROUND [0003]Weight lifting is a widely used and effective resistance training approach that may encompass both free weights as well as a variety of weight lifting machines. A common characteristic of these machines is to have a generally linear bar or lever which a user must grasp to perform a particular exercise. Often these bars or levers or at undesirable angles for a particular user working to perform a particular exercise in a particular fashion. [0004]Some bars have angled portions, such as bicep and tricep bars which may include one or more segments angled to fit some common or average angle to which the particular user's hand may or may not conform. In addition, even if the user was physiologically consistent with the angles of the bar, the user may desire to space their hands at different distance apart along the bar. Users of different sizes, even if they all conform to the "average angle," may all have different physiology which may dictate different hand spacing to accomplish the same exercise. Moreover, it is not uncommon for a weight lifter to change hand spacing along a bar or lever to alter the muscles being stressed in a particular exercise. [0005]Improvements to existing weight lifting equipment to address these and other issues are desirable. SUMMARY [0006]The present disclosure relates to a weight lifting grip support with a body having a first end adjacent a pinkie finger of a hand of a user and a second opposite end adjacent a thumb of the user's hand. A surface of the body is configured to fit within a palm of the user and extends from the first end to the second end. An open sided groove is formed in the body opposite the palm surface. The groove may be sized to receive a gripping portion of exercise equipment through the open side and releasably attach the support to the exercise equipment. A thumb groove may be formed in the body adjacent the second end and the body may be thicker adjacent the first end and narrower adjacent the second end. [0007]The present invention further relates to a method of using a grip support to engage exercise equipment by hand and perform a pressing exercise. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0008]The accompanying drawing figures, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of the description, illustrate several aspects of the invention and together with the description, serve to explain the principles of the invention. A brief description of the figures is as follows: [0009]FIG. 1 is a view of a weight lifting device according to the present disclosure positioned within a right hand of a user. [0010]FIG. 2 is a view of a weight lifting device according to the present invention positioned between a left hand of the user and a bar. [0011]FIG. 3 is a closer view of the weight lifting device of FIG. 2, with the user's left hand open and the device removed from the bar. [0012]FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a right hand weight lifting device according to the present disclosure. [0013]FIG. 5 is a first view of the right hand weight lifting device of FIG. 4. [0014]FIG. 6 is a second view of the right hand weight lifting device of FIG. 4. [0015]FIG. 7 is a third view of the right hand weight lifting device of FIG. 4. [0016]FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of a left hand weight lifting device according to the present disclosure. [0017]FIG. 9 is a first view of the left hand weight lifting device of FIG. 8. [0018]FIG. 10 is a second view of the left hand weight lifting device of FIG. 8. [0019]FIG. 11 is a third view of the left hand weight lifting device of FIG. 8. Continue reading about Weight lifting grip device... Full patent description for Weight lifting grip device Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Weight lifting grip device patent application. ###  How KEYWORD MONITOR works... a FREE service from FreshPatents1. Sign up (takes 30 seconds). 2. Fill in the keywords to be monitored. 3. Each week you receive an email with patent applications related to your keywords. Start now! - Receive info on patent apps like Weight lifting grip device or other areas of interest. ### Previous Patent Application: Apparatus and methods for moveable exercise benches Next Patent Application: Exercise device Industry Class: Exercise devices ### FreshPatents.com Support Thank you for viewing the Weight lifting grip device patent info. IP-related news and info Results in 3.09634 seconds Other interesting Feshpatents.com categories: Tyco , Unilever , Warner-lambert , 3m 174 |
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