US 12,144,413 B2
Exercise article for carrying a weighted plate
Jason Jerome McCarthy, Atlantic Beach, FL (US); Christian Sbailo, Jacksonville Beach, FL (US); and Spencer Metzler, Lima, MT (US)
Assigned to GORUCK Holdings, LLC, Jacksonville Beach, FL (US)
Filed by GORUCK Holdings, LLC, Jacksonville Beach, FL (US)
Filed on May 6, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/738,705.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/185,114, filed on May 6, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0354239 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. A45F 3/04 (2006.01); A63B 21/065 (2006.01)
CPC A45F 3/04 (2013.01) [A63B 21/065 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pack article configured to carry a weighted exercise plate, comprising:
a base;
a top spaced from the base;
a front panel coupled to the base and the top;
a back panel coupled to the base and the top;
a first lateral side that extends from the front panel to the back panel and from the base to the top;
a second lateral side that extends from the front panel to the back panel and from the base to the top, wherein the second lateral side is opposite the first lateral side;
an internal space defined by inner surfaces of the base, the front panel, the back panel, and the first and second lateral sides, the internal space having a width, a depth, and a height that is sized to slidingly and conformably hold therein the weighted exercise plate, such that the weighted exercise plate occupies a substantial majority of the internal space;
a closure member coupled to at least a portion of a top of the back panel, the closure member being configured to overlap a portion of the front panel to secure the weighted exercise plate in the internal space, wherein the closure member is moveable between a first position for loading the weighted exercise plate in the internal space, and a second position that secures the weighted exercise plate in the internal space;
a plurality of pad members disposed along the back panel and adjacent to a top edge of the back panel, the plurality of pad members each defining a planar contact surface that lies along a first common plane;
a lumbar support member located between the plurality of pad members and the base, the lumbar support member defining a second planar contact surface that lies along a second plane spaced from the first common plane;
shoulder straps;
a sternum strap on the shoulder straps that are configured to releasably connect the shoulder straps together; and
further comprising a pair of ports disposed along the base and the first and second lateral sides where corner portions of the pack article would be, wherein the pair of ports permit visual determination of a presence of the weighted exercise plate from a location external to the pack article, wherein the pair of ports are configured to allow fluid to pass therethrough.