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Flexible grips

Inactive Publication Date: 2022-03-03
CONAWAY CORNELL
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The invention is a grip that improves grip on a weight or object, making it easier for users to hold and lift them. The grip has an additional finger section that provides a more secure grip and a gripping surface on the side of the hand for added grip-ability. This allows for better handling of weights and objects, making it easier to use and manipulate them.

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Weight lifting in particular is known to be rough on the hands and joints.
Callouses often occur when gripping bars and weights that are heavy.

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[0018]The invention provides a flexible grip for grasping a cylindrical object for lifting weights that comprises a hand section having a hand side and a grip side positioned oppositely to the hand side. The hand side of the hand section also comprises a palm section and a finger section connected to and extending from the palm section. The palm section covers substantially all of a user's palm.

[0019]The grip herein further comprises a securing portion positioned oppositely to the strap portion. The strap portion is securable to the securing portion about the wrist of a user. That is, the strap portion herein wraps, preferably, at least two times about a user's wrist. Further, the strap portion herein has a wrapping portion positioned about the securing portion. In practice, the grip herein provides substantially full coverage to a user's palm and fingers when the user wears it and curls the grip around a cylindrical object connected to a weight.

[0020]The grip's finger section herei...

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Abstract

The invention provides a flexible grip for use in weightlifting and weight bearing exercises. More particularly, the flexible grips herein mold to a user's hands and enable secure grip of weights, bars with weights and bars for pulling or lifting.

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FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The invention provides a flexible grip for use in weight lifting. More particularly, the flexible grips herein mold to a user's hands and enable secure grip of weights, bars with weights and bars for pulling or lifting.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Weight bearing exercise has been known from the time of antiquity to increase strength, stamina, bone density and life itself. As long as mankind has existed, the drive to become stronger and bigger has pushed men and women to create many and varied strength training regiments involving the use of weights. Ancient societies including the Egyptians, Greeks, Romans and more documented their exercise regimes including weight lifting.[0003]As exercise science has advanced, innovators have sought ways to both improve exercise maximizing efficiency and also protect exercisers in their workouts. Weight lifting in particular is known to be rough on the hands and joints. Callouses often occur when gripping bars and w...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B71/14A41D19/015
CPCA63B71/14A63B2209/10A41D19/01547A63B2244/09
Inventor CONAWAY, CORNELL
Owner CONAWAY CORNELL
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