Weighted handle for a jump rope

• US 5,662,561 A
• Filed: 08/07/1996
• Issued: 09/02/1997
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Susan R. Mcnamara Peck
• Original Assignee: Thomas Mcnamara
• Inventors: McNamara, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Crow, Stephen R.
• Application Number:
  US08/692,980
• Time in Patent Office: 391 Days
• Field of Search: 482/3, 482/50, 482/82, 482/74, 482/81, 482/148, 434/255
• US Class Current: 482/82
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/072 Dumb-bells, bar-bells or the like , e.g. weight discs having an integral peripheral handle
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 5/20 Skipping-ropes or similar devices rotating in a vertical plane
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities

Abstract

A pair of weighted handles for a jump rope is provided. Each weighted handle includes an attachment connected to the jump rope. The attachment is internally threaded and is connected to an externally threaded handweight. The handweight may be quickly attached to or detached from the attachment simply by screwing it to or unscrewing it from the attachment. A stopwatch is optionally provided on the exterior face of one attachment.

Claims

1. A weighted handle jump rope kit consisting essentially of:

a jump rope having two ends;

two cylindrical cup attachments connected to each end of the jump rope, each attachment having an internally threaded open end and a closed end defining a central aperture for receiving the end of the jump rope;

a ball bearing connector housed in the closed end of each attachment and attached to the end of the jump rope to rotatably secure the rope in the closed end; and

a pair of solid cylindrical weighted handles configured for being grasped, each handle having an externally threaded end for being screwed into the internally threaded open end of each attachment;

whereby the handles may be screwed to the attachments to create a weighted-handle jump rope, and unscrewed from the attachments for use as a free-weights.

2. A weighted handle jump rope kit according to claim 1, further comprising multiple pairs of handles, each pair having a different handle weight of 1 to 3 pounds.

3. A weighted handle jump rope kit according to claim 2, further comprising a stopwatch housed on an exterior face of either cylindrical cup attachment.