Richard T Hayden

US Patent:

57725616, Jun 30, 1998

Filed:

Mar 31, 1997

Appl. No.:

8/829331

Inventors:

Richard C. Hayden - Decatur GA

International Classification:

A63B 1300

US Classification:

482104

Abstract:

A dumbbell support attachment which can be employed to modify a conventional weight lifting bench for use with dumbbells. A holder on which up to two dumbbells can be rested simultaneously at the beginning and end of an exercise routine is included in the attachment. This holder, which is part of a rack assembly which is rigidly attached to both a horizontal support bar and a pair of vertical mounting legs in the attachment, has a curved inner surface which opens upwardly and has a radius of curvature which is larger than that of the outer periphery of the heaviest dumbbell weights to be used. Generally "J"-shaped in transverse cross-section, the rack assembly includes an angular member rigidly attached to the horizontal support bar along its entire length and other features to strengthen it structurally. The holder itself defines two cutouts through which a user, as he lies on the weight bench, can reach to grab the dumbbell and lift it from its resting position. To modify the weight lifting bench for use with dumbbells, one simply removes each of its barbell supports from its respective support column and then inserts the vertical mounting legs into the support columns.

US Patent:

44627912, Jul 31, 1984

Filed:

Aug 30, 1982

Appl. No.:

6/412528

Inventors:

Richard Hayden - Marietta GA

International Classification:

F23D 1324

US Classification:

431345

Abstract:

Firelighting apparatus for lighting fires comprising a holder for use in combination with a lighter of the type having a separate rotatable flint sticker and a movable fuel valve. The holder includes a first elongate member having a mounting adjacent its remote end for removably mounting the lighter thereto. A second elongate member has mounted adjacent its remote end a frictional engaging member. The first and second elongate members are mounted for relative longitudinal movement therebetween such that relative movement in one direction causes the frictional engaging member to consecutively rotate the flint striker and engage the fuel valve to light the lighter and relative movement in the opposite direction to extinguish the lighter.

US Patent:

59249641, Jul 20, 1999

Filed:

Feb 4, 1998

Appl. No.:

9/018453

Inventors:

Richard C. Hayden - Decatur GA

International Classification:

A63B 2178

US Classification:

482104

Abstract:

An attachment which can be mounted on popular weight lifting exercise equipment, to facilitate workouts using hand-held weights commonly referred to as dumbbells. The attachment comprises a rack assembly on which an athlete can support up to two dumbbells simultaneously. Readily adaptable for use with any weight lifting bench, the attachment includes a pair of mounting legs rigidly attached to distal ends of the rack assembly and an extension bar slideably connected to opposing parts of this assembly for adjusting the span between these mounting legs. By utilizing the span adjusting means, one can align the mounting legs with the weight support columns of any particular weight lifting bench even though the spacing between these columns may differ substantially from that of other benches. Moreover, the rack assembly is attached to the mounting legs in such a way that when a dumbbell rests on the assembly, the center of gravity of the dumbbell is disposed generally in the same vertical plane as are the weight support columns, thereby helping to stabilize the attachment. This feature allows an alternate embodiment of the attachment to be used safely in combination with free-standing weight support columns.

US Patent:

54114594, May 2, 1995

Filed:

Dec 3, 1990

Appl. No.:

7/620702

Inventors:

Richard C. Hayden - Decatur GA

International Classification:

A63B 1300

US Classification:

482104

Abstract:

A dumbbell rack attachment to be inserted into the column of an exercise weight bench having a single vertical support and a rack assembly with two grooved weight bearing surfaces divided by an open space for the hand to pass through so that the weights of a dumbbell can rest in the grooved weight bearing surface and not roll out.

US Patent:

D3757609, Nov 19, 1996

Filed:

Jun 22, 1995

Appl. No.:

D/040610

Inventors:

Richard C. Hayden - Decatur GA

US Classification:

D20 31

US Patent:

56161085, Apr 1, 1997

Filed:

Feb 9, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/385773

Inventors:

Richard C. Hayden - Decatur GA

International Classification:

A63B 1300

US Classification:

482104

Abstract:

A dumbbell support attachment for holding a dumbbell from a barbell cross bar so that the dumbbell can be used with a typical weight lifting bench. Suspended from the barbell cross bar when it is supported, in the usual manner, above the weight lifting bench, the attachment provides the user with a convenient support on which to mount a dumbbell at the beginning and end of an exercise routine. The attachment includes a segmented section and an elongated hook, which together form an integral unit preferably fabricated from steel or the like. Adapted for mounting over the cross bar, the hook opens downwardly and has an inner surface disposed generally along a semicircular arc of slightly larger diameter than that of the crossbar. The segmented section, on the other hand, opens upwardly and has a curved inner surface with a radius of curvature which is larger than that of the outer periphery of the heaviest dumbbell weights to be used. So that the user, as he lies on the weight bench, can grab the dumbbell and lift it from its resting position within the segmented section, the bottom portion thereof defines two cutouts.

US Patent:

D3617939, Aug 29, 1995

Filed:

Sep 2, 1994

Appl. No.:

D/027979

Inventors:

Richard C. Hayden - Decatur GA

US Classification:

D20 31