Weight plate with hand grip

Abstract

A weight lifting plate is provided with a pair of diametrically opposed hand grips on each side of the plate, each hand grip formed by recessed surfaces in each side surface of the plate and a portion of the side surface which together provide a hand grip, such that the weight plate can be grabbed and lifted from either side thereof while the plate is resting against a flat surface such as the floor or against another adjacent weight plate.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . A weight plate used for physical fitness, comprising: 
 an integrally formed plate member having a circular opening in the center thereof, a first side and a second side, and an outer periphery between said first side and said second side; and    a pair of generally diametrically opposed hand grips formed from recessed segments on said first side of said plate, each said recessed segment having a cavity located between an upper surface of said first side of said plate adjacent said outer periphery and a lower surface of each said recessed segment.    
     
     
         2 . A weight plate used for physical fitness, comprising: 
 an integrally formed plate member having a circular opening in the center thereof, a first side and a second side, and an outer periphery between said first side and said second side;    a first pair of generally diametrically opposed hand grips on said first side of said plate, said first pair of hand grips formed from first side recessed segments on said first side of said plate, with each said first side recessed segment having a cavity located between an upper surface of said first side of said plate adjacent said outer periphery and a lower surface of each said first side recessed segment; and    a second pair of generally diametrically opposed hand grips on said second side of said plate, said second pair of hand grips formed from second side recessed segments on said second side of said plate with each said second side recessed segment having a cavity located between an upper surface of said second side of said plate adjacent said outer periphery and a lower surface of each said second side recessed segment.