US 12,303,738 B2
Dumbbell safety hook
Ronald Wyncott, Grayslake, IL (US)
Assigned to Fitness Friends, LLC, Grayslake, IL (US)
Filed by Fitness Friends, LLC, Grayslake, IL (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/893,535.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/586,697, filed on Sep. 29, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2025/0108248 A1, Apr. 3, 2025
Int. Cl. A63B 21/16 (2006.01); A63B 21/072 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 21/16 (2013.01) [A63B 21/0724 (2013.01); A63B 21/0726 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A safety hook, comprising:
a bracket, comprising a top bracket surface and a bottom bracket surface;
a hook, comprising a shank end, a shank, a bend, a point, and a point end, the hook extending in a first direction from the top bracket surface at the shank end;
a first J-hook, the first J-hook comprising a first J-hook shank end, a first J-hook shank, a first J-hook bend, a first J-hook point, and a first J-hook point end, the first J-hook extending in a second direction from the bottom bracket surface at the first J-hook shank end, the second direction opposite the first direction;
a second J-hook, the second J-hook comprising a second J-hook shank end, a second J-hook shank, a second J-hook bend, a second J-hook point, and a second J-hook point end, the second J-hook extending in the second direction from the bottom bracket surface at the second J-hook shank end, the second J-hook spaced apart horizontally from the first J-hook along the bottom bracket surface; and
a spring clip;
wherein the shank has a first bore extending therethrough and the point has a second bore extending therethrough, the second bore coaxial with the first bore;
wherein the spring clip is configured to reversibly secure the hook around a horizontal rod; and
wherein the first J-hook bend and the second J-hook bend are configured to support a handle of a dumbbell horizontally above the ground.