Nike patents barbell collar with built-in rubber cushion
Nike has secured a patent for a weightlifting barbell collar that features a curved body with a channel running through it. This design uses a single piece of rubber-like material to create both a blockage inside the channel and a pad that presses against the bar to hold weights in place.
In the filing’s own words
A collar for a barbell, the collar having a first collar portion having a body extending along a curve, wherein the body includes: an outer radial surface; an inner radial surface; a channel extending between the outer radial surface and the inner radial surface; a blockage disposed within the channel, wherein the blockage comprises an elastomeric material; and a first pad extending radially inward from the inner radial surface of the first collar portion, wherein first pad includes the same elastomeric material of the blockage, and wherein the first pad is integral with the blockage disposed within the channel.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A collar for a barbell, the collar comprising: a first collar portion having a body extending along a curve, wherein the body includes: an outer radial surface; an inner radial surface; a channel extending between the outer radial surface and the inner radial surface, wherein the channel forms a through-hole from the outer radial surface to the inner radial surface; a blockage disposed within the channel, wherein the blockage comprises an elastomeric material; and a first pad extending radially inward from the inner radial surface of the first collar portion, wherein the first pad includes the same elastomeric material of the blockage, and wherein the first pad is integral with the blockage disposed within the channel.
Facts
- Company
- Nike (Nike, Inc.)
- Official title
- Collar for a barbell
- Patent number
- US12741170B2
- Application number
- 18784077
- Filed
- Jul 25, 2024
- Granted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 3
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A63B 21/0728 Human necessitiesA63B 21/0724 Human necessitiesMore from Nike in Clothing & sport
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
Patent data and drawings: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USPTO.