US 12,076,604 B2
Connector assembly
Ahmik Jones, Upper Arlington, OH (US); Emmanuel Sergakis, Plain City, OH (US); William Henniger, Columbus, OH (US); and Nicolas Garcia, Centerburg, OH (US)
Assigned to Coulter Ventures, LLC., Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Coulter Ventures, LLC., Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/750,778.
Application 17/750,778 is a continuation of application No. 16/657,531, filed on Oct. 18, 2019, granted, now 11,364,407.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/747,953, filed on Oct. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0011149 A1, Jan. 12, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 21/072 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 21/0728 (2013.01) [A63B 2209/00 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly for a weightlifting apparatus, comprising:
a shaft having a first end and an opposed second end;
a first annular knob fixed to the shaft proximate the first end of the shaft;
wherein the first annular knob includes a fixed engagement structure that fixedly engages the shaft, wherein the fixed engagement structure comprises:
an aperture extending inward from a peripheral exterior surface of the first annular knob; and
a set screw extending through the aperture and being received in a recess formed in the shaft proximate the first end to fix the first annular knob to the shaft; and
a second annular knob spaced from the first annular knob along the shaft, the second annular knob releasably engaged with the shaft such that the second annular knob is configured to be moveable axially along the shaft, and including an axially inward facing front face, an axially outward facing rear face, and a central passage that receives the shaft, the central passage having a first section having a first width, a second section having a second width, and a third section having a third width, the first width being greater than the third width, and the second width being greater than the first width, the second section defining an annular slot between the first section and the third section.