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Disclosed is a safety shield for a weight training machine. The safety shield includes a first shield member mountable about the weight stack of the weight training machine and a second shield member telescopingly engageable with the first shield member. The shield members are preferably made of a c

Disclosed is a safety shield for a weight training machine. The safety shield includes a first shield member mountable about the weight stack of the weight training machine and a second shield member telescopingly engageable with the first shield member. The shield members are preferably made of a clear or tinted plastic material and they are sized such that the weight stack is enclosed at all times during normal operation of the weight machine.

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A safety shield for a weight training machine, said weight training machine including a stack of weight plates and means for connecting together selected weight plates of said stack to move with respect to the remaining weight plates of said stack, said safety shield comprising: an open topped first

A safety shield for a weight training machine, said weight training machine including a stack of weight plates and means for connecting together selected weight plates of said stack to move with respect to the remaining weight plates of said stack, said safety shield comprising: an open topped first shield member, said first shield member being adapted to surround the sides of said stack for at least a portion of the height of said stack; means for fixing said first shield member with respect to said stack of weight plates; an open bottomed second shield member adapted to telescopingly engage said first shield member and surround the sides of said stack for at least a portion of the height of said stack, said first and second shield members having a combined length at least equal to the height of said stack plus the length of travel of said weight plates during operation of said weight training machine; and means for fixing said second shield member to be movable with the top weight plate of said stack during operation of said weight training machine.