US 11,752,386 B2
Sports specific and injury preventing exercise device
Mark Aberton, Holladay, UT (US); and Kyle Aberton, Holldaday, UT (US)
Filed by Mark Aberton, Holladay, UT (US); and Kyle Aberton, Holldaday, UT (US)
Filed on Jun. 9, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/343,580.
Application 17/343,580 is a continuation of application No. 16/297,568, filed on Mar. 8, 2019, granted, now 11,033,770.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/640,209, filed on Mar. 8, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0299509 A1, Sep. 30, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 21/072 (2006.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/078 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 21/0728 (2013.01) [A63B 21/0724 (2013.01); A63B 21/4035 (2015.10); A63B 21/0783 (2015.10)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sports specific and injury preventing exercise device for exercising a user, the sports specific and injury preventing exercise device comprising:
a frame;
a pair of handles on the frame, wherein the pair of handles are:
parallel to one another;
do not share an axis;
configured to be parallel to a trunk of the user;
offset relative to the frame; and
on opposite sides of the frame;
a flat support area in a middle of the frame, wherein the flat support area is configured to support one or more weight plates;
a sleeve attached to the flat support area, wherein the sleeve is:
configured to extend away from the chest of the user when the user is holding a first handle in the pair of handles in his/her right hand and a second handle in the pair of handles in his/her left hand;
perpendicular to each of the pair of handles;
perpendicular to the flat support area; and
located at a center point of the frame;
one or more assist handles, wherein the assist handles:
are configured to allow a spotter to support a weight of the frame; and
each perpendicular to the sleeve; and
a pair of supports, wherein:
each of the pair of supports and each of the assist handles are separated from one another and share an axis; and
the pair of supports are attached to the frame.