US 12,145,018 B2
Weight plate
William Henniger, Columbus, OH (US); Anahita Ameri, Columbus, OH (US); and Dylan Jones, Santa Barbara, CA (US)
Assigned to Coulter Ventures, LLC., Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by Coulter Ventures, LLC., Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 3, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/092,601.
Application 18/092,601 is a continuation of application No. 17/089,338, filed on Nov. 4, 2020, granted, now 11,565,142.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/930,423, filed on Nov. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0147755 A1, May 11, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 21/06 (2006.01); A63B 21/072 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 21/0604 (2013.01) [A63B 21/0724 (2013.01); A63B 21/0726 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A weight plate comprising:
an inner section having an annular shape with a passage extending axially through the inner section and configured to receive an elongated member therethrough, the inner section having a first axial thickness;
a middle section having an annular shape with a circular inner periphery and a circular outer periphery and positioned radially outward of the inner section, wherein the middle section includes first and second outer surfaces on opposite axial sides of the weight plate, with a second axial thickness defined between the first outer surface and the second outer surface;
an outer section having an annular shape and positioned radially outward of the middle section and forming an outer radial periphery of the weight plate, wherein the outer section has a third axial thickness, wherein the first axial thickness and the third axial thickness are greater than the second axial thickness; and
a plurality of recesses located in the middle section and extending axially inward from at least one of the first outer surface and the second outer surface through at least a portion of the second axial thickness, wherein the plurality of recesses comprise a plurality of first-shaped recesses having a first peripheral shape with a first number of sides and a plurality of second-shaped recesses having a second peripheral shape that is different than the first peripheral shape and with a second number of sides that is different from the first number of sides,
wherein the first-shaped recesses and the second-shaped recesses are annularly interspersed with one another, and
wherein the plurality of recesses further comprises a plurality of third-shaped recesses having a third peripheral shape that is different from the first peripheral shape and the second peripheral shape and a third number of sides.