US 11,666,793 B2
Modified weight training equipment
Kyle D. Rothschild, Darien, CT (US)
Assigned to Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C., Darien, CT (US)
Appl. No. 16/966,385
Filed by Sound Shore Innovations L.L.C., Darien, CT (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 30, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/015813
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/152493, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 8, 2019.
Application 16/966,385 is a continuation in part of application No. 15/885,292, filed on Jan. 31, 2018, granted, now 11,260,257.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/703,092, filed on Jul. 25, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2020/0360755 A1, Nov. 19, 2020
Int. Cl. A63B 21/06 (2006.01); A63B 21/072 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 21/0607 (2013.01) [A63B 21/0604 (2013.01); A63B 21/072 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A noise absorbing article for use with a circular weight plate, the article comprising:
a single circular body made of elastomeric material, the body having an inner diameter corresponding to an outer diameter of the weight plate and having a shape and size configured to couple to the outer diameter of the weight plate, and a shock absorber region comprising a plurality of spaced holes within the elastomeric material for absorbing noise generated when the weight plate is dropped on a solid surface, the plurality of spaced holes in the shock absorber region including one or more of pass-through holes extending through an entirety of the body; and
side extensions made of elastomeric material, the extensions protruding radially inward from the body and being shaped to correspond to sidewalls of the weight plate to mount the noise absorbing article onto the weight plate.