Load-distribution cushion padding for engaging around a bar of a weight-lifting device and for cradling and protecting the cervical spine of a weightlifter by absorbing shock from the bar of the weigh-lifting device while the weight-lifter is doing a squat exercise

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Inactive Publication Date: 2009-07-02
TORRES DANIEL
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[0014]Thus, an object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a load-distribution cushion padding for engaging around a bar of a weight-lifting device and for cradling and protecting the cervical spine of a weightlifter by absorbing shock from the bar of the weigh-lifting device while the weight-lifter is doing a squat exercise, which avoids the disadvantages of the prior art.
[0015]Briefly stated, another object of the embodiments of the present invention is to provide a load-distribution cushion padding for engaging around a bar of a weight-lifting device and for cradling and protecting the cervical spine of a weight-lifter by absorbing shock from the bar of the weigh-lifting device while the weight-lifter is doing a squat exercise. The padding includes a tube and a ring. The tube engages around the bar of the weight-lifting device. The ring surrounds a portion of the tube and cradles and protects the cervical spine of the weight-lifter by absorbing the shock from the bar of the weigh-lifting device while the weight-lifter is doing a squat exercise. The tube is made of molded thick foam of varying degrees of open and closed foam, thicknesses, and densities. The ring is made of a shock-absorbing low-density foam. The tube has a central portion containing a circumferential groove. The ring fills the circumferential groove in the central portion of the tube, and forms therewith, a shock-absorbing tube. The shock-absorbing tube has an axial slot completely therealong, which receives the bar of the weight-lifting device.

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Even though these innovations may be suitable for the specific individual purposes to which they address, however, they differ from the present invention in that they do not teach a load-distribution cushion padding for engaging around a bar of a weight-lifting device and for cradling and protecting the cervical spine of a weightlifter by absorbing shock from the bar of the weigh-lifting device while the weight-lifter is doing a squat exercise.
Furthermore, even though these innovations may be suitable for the specific individual purposes to which they address, however, they would not be suitable for the purposes of the embodiments of the present invention as heretofore described, namely, a load-distribution cushion padding for engaging around a bar of a weight-lifting device and for cradling and protecting the cervical spine of a weightlifter by absorbing shock from the bar of the weigh-lifting device while the weight-lifter is doing a squat exercise.

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[0032]Referring now to the drawings, in which like numerals indicate like parts, and particularly to FIG. 1, which is a diagrammatic perspective view of the load-distribution cushion padding of the embodiments of the present invention engaging around a bar of a weight-lifting device and cradling and protecting the cervical spine of a weightlifter by absorbing shock from the bar of the weigh-lifting device while the weight-lifter is doing a squat exercise, the load-distribution cushion padding of the embodiments of the present invention is shown generally at 10 for engaging around a bar 12 of a weight-lifting device 14 and for cradling and protecting the cervical spine 16 of a weight-lifter 18 by absorbing shock from the bar 12 of the weigh-lifting device 14 while the weight-lifter 18 is doing a squat exercise.

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[0033]The configuration of the load-distribution cushion padding 10 can best be seen in FIGS. 2 and 3, which are, respectively, an enlarged diagrammat...

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A load-distribution cushion padding for engaging around a bar of a weight-lifting device and for cradling and protecting the cervical spine of a weight-lifter by absorbing shock from the bar of the weigh-lifting device while the weight-lifter is doing a squat exercise. The padding includes a tube and a ring. The tube engages around the bar of the weight-lifting device. The ring surrounds a portion of the tube and cradles and protects the cervical spine of the weight-lifter by absorbing the shock from the bar of the weigh-lifting device while the weight-lifter is doing a squat exercise. The tube is made of molded thick foam of varying degrees of open and closed foam, thicknesses, and densities. The ring is made of a shock-absorbing low-density foam. The tube has a central portion containing a circumferential groove. The ring fills the circumferential groove in the central portion of the tube, and forms therewith, a shock-absorbing tube. The shock-absorbing tube has an axial slot completely therealong, which receives the bar of the weight-lifting device.

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1. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]A. Field of the Invention[0002]The embodiments of the present invention relate to a cushion padding, and more particularly, the embodiments of the present invention relate to a load-distribution cushion padding for engaging around a bar of a weight-lifting device and for cradling and protecting the cervical spine of a weightlifter by absorbing shock from the bar of the weigh-lifting device while the weight-lifter is doing a squat exercise.[0003]B. Description of the Prior Art[0004]The prior art has tried to solve the need for safety and comfort while performing power building exercises, i.e., squats, by using a restrictive harness that was not safe or comfortable. Prior present art has tried to solve the need for safety and comfort while performing power building exercises, i.e., squats, by using a simple thin foam usually ½″ to ¾″ of single density polyethylene, which offers little in comfort and promotes compression of the upper vertebrae by all...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63B21/078
CPCA63B21/0724A63B21/1411A63B21/1403A63B21/4001A63B21/4005
Inventor TORRES, DANIEL
Owner TORRES DANIEL
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