Title: Exercising device with bank

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1. A weight receiving means comprising a hollow housing, a recessed opening provided in said housing, an integral, unitary, removable means press fitted in said recessed opening for guiding material therethrough into the interior of the housing after being placed in said opening, said means including a top wall having an opening therein, a bottom wall and end walls connecting the top wall to the bottom wall, said topwall being flush with the top portion of the recessed opening and closing the same with the bottom wall being disposed within the hollow housing and a side wall extending from each of said end walls and terminating short of the opposite end wall, said side walls being spaced from one another and forming a passageway through which material is guided therein from said top wall opening and into the interior of the housing.

2. The weight receiving means of claim 1 further including a cover, said cover substantially closing said opening recess in closed position and exposing said top wall opening when moved away therefrom.

3. The weight receiving means of claim 2 wherein the cover is pivotally mounted over the recess.

4. The weight receiving means of claim 2 wherein the exterior of the cover is contoured to the shape of the housing to provide a smooth uninterrupted surface.

5. The weight receiving means of claim 1 wherein the hollow housing is a shotput.

6. The weight receiving means of claim 1 wherein the hollow housing is a discus.

7. The weight receiving means of claim 1 wherein the material guiding means is pressed fit into the opening.

8. The weight receiving means of claim 1 wherein the hollow housing is one of the spheres of a bar bell.

9. The weight receiving means of claim 2 wherein the hollow housing is one of the discs of a bar bell.

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Inventors: Liberatore, Victor (Midland, PA, US)

Application Number: 742470
Filing Date: 1976-11-17
Publication_date: 1978-10-24
Assignee:
Primary Class(es): 482/108 232/4R, 446/8, 482/21, 482/22
Other Classes:
US Patent Ref:

984721	Feb, 1911	Titus	272/122.
3002313	Oct, 1961	Hutchison	46/3.
3143285	Aug, 1964	Fulton	46/3.
3226117	Dec, 1965	Walklet	272/123.
3231270	Jan, 1966	Winer	272/123.
3243914	Apr, 1966	Poynter	46/3.
3295247	Jan, 1967	Lerner	46/4.
3572702	Mar, 1971	Dorn	272/123.
3749408	Jul, 1973	Mills	273/171.

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Primary Examiner: Johnson, Richard J.
Assistant Examiner: Browne, William R.
Attorney: