Granted Patent B2

US 7,896,783 · App. 12/740,973 · Granted Mar 1, 2011

Abstract

Claims (9)

1. A jump rope, comprising:

a rope section having two ends;

a connector attached to one end of the rope section, the connector having a hook section, a middle section connected at one end to the hook section, and a flange section integral with the other end of the middle section;

an end cap attached to another end of the rope section;

a first handle having two open ends and a conical shape, one of the open ends having a smaller size fixedly connected to the end cap; and

a second handle having two open ends and a conical shape, one of the open ends having a smaller size configured to slide over the flange section of the connector and abut against the middle section of the connector, wherein when the jump rope is in use and the connector is not connected to another jump rope the connector can spin freely in the second handle; and wherein when the jump rope is connected to another jump rope, the second handle can be locked to the first handle so as not to be sliding around on the jump rope when the jump rope is in use.

2. The jump rope according to claim 1 , wherein the hook section comprises an open hook at one end formed of a pliable plastic material that is hard enough to hold the connector to another connector on another jump rope, and soft enough to allow the open hook to flex when being connected to a hook section of another jump rope.

3. The jump rope according to claim 2 , wherein the hook section is made of polyvinyl chloride.

4. The jump rope according to claim 1 , wherein the handle is made of polyvinyl chloride, K-Resin or polyethylene.

Assignments (11)