Adjustable training jump rope
OwnerDavid R. Newmaninventor
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Abstract
At least one of two handles of an adjustable jump rope has an outer handle sleeve and an adjustment device releasably retained inside the handle sleeve which is configured to releasably retain a selected length of cable or rope in the handle sleeve so as to control the length of cable extending between the handles. The adjustment device may be an elongate stem having a plurality of spaced retainer devices for releasably retaining an enlarged end of the cable in the stem, so that the end of the cable can be engaged with different retainer devices to lengthen or shorten the cable length.
Claims20
An adjustable jump rope, comprising:
- first and second handles;
- a cable extending between the handles and having opposite first and second end portions associated with the respective first and second handles;
- at least one of the handles comprising a handle sleeve having opposite first and second ends and an adjustment mechanism in the sleeve for releasably securing a selected length of the associated cable end portion inside the handle sleeve, whereby the length of rope extending between the handles is adjusted;
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- wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises an elongate stem telescopically engaged through the second end of the handle sleeve and a latching device for releasably retaining the stem in the handle sleeve, the elongate stem having a releasable retention device for releasably securing a series of different cable lengths to the stem.
A method of adjusting the length of a jump rope extending between two handles, comprising:
- releasing a latch mechanism which retains a removable stem inside an outer sleeve of a handle of a jump rope having a first length of jump rope extending between the handles;
- removing the stem from the outer sleeve of the handle;
- releasing an end part of the jump rope from a first retention device in the stem holding the end part and a length of jump rope extending from the end part in the stem;
- engaging the end part with a different retention device in the stem whereby a different length of the jump rope is held in the stem;
- inserting the stem back into the outer sleeve and into latching engagement with the latch mechanism, whereby a second, different length of the jump rope extends between the handles;
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- repeating the foregoing steps in order to shorten or lengthen the amount of jump rope extending between the handles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.