Patent attributes
A handle mechanism for squat plate lifting includes a weight holding member having a base plate adapted to receive one or more annular free weight plates. The handle mechanism includes a vertical riser tube having pairs of lock tab holes on opposite sides of the tube at a plurality of vertical locations. A lifting mechanism includes a sleeve member sized and configured to slide vertically up and down on the vertical riser tube and to be removable therefrom. A pair of handles are pivotally attached to opposite sides of the sleeve member and include a locking plate member with a locking tab attached to each handle. A user can quickly and easily slide the lifting mechanism onto the weight holding member with the handles in a lowered position and, when the handles are lifted to an uppermost horizontal position, the locking tab of each locking plate member locks into the riser tube allowing the handles to lift the entire handle mechanism. With this arrangement, without letting go of the handles, a user can successively change and lift various weight holding members of various weights.
