| CPC A63B 21/4021 (2015.10) [A63B 21/065 (2013.01); A63B 21/4035 (2015.10)] | 19 Claims |
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a wrist band configured to encircle a human wrist to resist separation of the wrist band from the wrist in a distal direction;
a bar-wrap affixed at a proximal wrap end to the wrist band, the bar-wrap comprising a distally projecting length sized to circumscribe a portion of a weightlifting bar, the bar-wrap comprising a width sized in general agreement with a palm of a human hand; wherein:
the bar-wrap comprises:
a transversely flexible membrane with a first area, the first area being configured for wrapping around the bar in a first direction reversed from a finger-curl direction; and
a second area disposed as a stopper at a distal end of the membrane to resist pull out of the bar-wrap during use of the apparatus in weightlifting; wherein:
the bar-wrap further comprises a bar-contact layer disposed on a bar-side of the membrane and a plurality of teeth that are carried by the membrane, disposed to contact the bar, and configured to augment a grip on the bar;
at least one tooth of the plurality of teeth comprises a resilient element disposed between the membrane and a tooth cover;
a portion of the tooth cover is disposed between the bar-contact layer and the membrane; and
the bar-contact layer comprises at least one aperture, the at least one aperture providing an opening to permit contact between the tooth cover and the bar.
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