Weightlifting belt with hook

Abstract

A weightlifting belt with hook for a person exercising to be able to hang a weight from a belt around their waist. This invention enables the quick and easy removal (or addition) of the weight by the person exercising or by a third party (‘spotter’) while the person exercising remains in the exercising position on the exercise equipment. The weight hanging from the belt increases their total weight and therefore the difficulty of the exercise and in turn the exercise's effectiveness. The ‘pull-up’, ‘chin-up’ and ‘dip’ exercises are particularly targeted with this invention. The inventive device includes a belt that goes around a person's waist with a hook attached to hang a dumbbell-style weight from. A metal plate formed to create a hook from which to hang a dumbbell-style weight. A belt is passed through a slot-shaped hole in the metal plate so that a person can wear the device around their waist.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of provisional patent application Ser. No. 61 / 191,737, filed 2008, Sep. 11 by the present inventors.FEDERALLY SPONSORED RESEARCH[0002]Not ApplicableSEQUENCE LISTING OR PROGRAM[0003]Not applicableBACKGROUND[0004]1. Field[0005]The present invention relates generally to weightlifting belts and more specifically it relates to a weightlifting belt with hook for a person exercising to be able to hang a weight from a belt around their waist. This invention enables the quick and easy removal (or addition) of the weight by the person exercising or by a third party (‘spotter’) while the person exercising remains in the exercising position on the exercise equipment. The weight hanging from the belt increases their total weight and therefore the difficulty of the exercise and in turn the exercise's effectiveness. The ‘pull-up’, ‘chin-up’, ‘dip’, ‘push-up’, ‘squat’ and ‘calf-raise’ exercises are particularly targete...

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Benefits of technology

"The present invention provides a new weightlifting belt with hook that can be used by a person to hang weights around their waist. This increases the total weight and makes the exercise more effective. The hook can be easily removed or added by the person or a third party while they remain in the exercise position. The new belt has many advantages over previous devices and is not anticipated by any prior art."

Problems solved by technology

Typically, weightlifting belts do not allow the quick and easy removal (or addition) of the weight.

The main problem with a conventional weightlifting belt is that commonly a chain is used to pass through the central hole in a ‘plate’ type weight to suspend the weight from the belt.

The fact that they have had to dismount from the equipment, un-fasten the chain to remove the weight takes too much time.

This extended break during any exercise is not desirable.

The time taken to remove the weight from the chain-style weightlifting belt, allows for muscle tension to be lost, and therefore the effectiveness of the exercise is reduced.

Another problem with conventional weightlifting belts are the type of weight used to hang from the chain-style weightlifting belt.

These can be very large in diameter and can restrict the movement of the weightlifter and therefore the effectiveness of the exercise.

While these devices may be suitable for the particular purpose to which they address, they are not as suitable for a person exercising to be able to hang a weight from a belt with hook around their waist.

The weight hanging from the belt increases their total weight and therefore the difficulty of the exercise and in turn the exercise's effectiveness.

The weight hanging from the belt increases their total weight and therefore the difficulty of the exercise and in turn the exercise's effectiveness.

The weight hanging from the belt increases their total weight and therefore the difficulty of the exercise and in turn the exercise's effectiveness.

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