Jump rope simulator
OwnerCynthia Joy, Kenneth Johnson +1inventors
InventorsCynthia Joy, Kenneth Johnson, F. Sophir
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Abstract
A jump rope simulator for aerobic and anaerobic exercise having a hand-held unit comprising a handle, a base length connected to the handle, and one or more concatenated extension lengths attached to the base length. To exercise, the user grasps one or two units, imitates the motions of swinging a conventional jump rope, and jumps up and down, but there is no risk to the user of tripping over a rope as with a conventional jump rope. If the user desires, two units may also be linked together with an easily attachable connector to form a device similar to a conventional jump rope. A user can quickly convert between the two configurations of the jump rope simulator.
Claims36
A jump rope simulator comprising:
- a. a handle;
- b. a base length including a base coupler, the base length coupled to the handle, wherein the base coupler is positioned on an end of the base length away from the handle;
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- c. one or more extension lengths each including a first extension coupler on a first end and a second extension coupler on a second end, wherein the first extension coupler of a first extension length is coupled to the base coupler and any additional extension lengths are coupled to each other.
A jump rope simulator comprising:
- a. a handle;
- b. a flexible base length including a base coupler, the base length coupled to the handle, wherein the base coupler is positioned on an end of the base length away from the handle;
- c. one or more flexible extension lengths each including a first extension coupler on a first end and a second extension coupler on a second end, wherein the first extension coupler of a first extension length is coupled to the base coupler and extension lengths are coupled to each other;
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- d. a ball-shaped end piece including an end piece coupler, wherein the end piece coupler is coupled to the second extension coupler of the extension length farthest away from the handle.
26-39. (canceled)
A jump rope simulator comprising:
- a. an L-shaped handle having a near end, a distal end, a long section and a short section, wherein the long section of the handle is padded with a resilient material ergonomically shaped to fit in a user's hand, has a longitudinal axis and a removable end-cap at the near end, and is hollow to accommodate replaceable handle weights, and further wherein the short section of the handle is attached to the long section of the handle by a ball-bearing joint that allows 360 degree rotation of the short section of the handle around the longitudinal axis of the long section of the handle;
- b. a tube having a top end, a bottom end, and a flexible body, wherein the top end is permanently coupled to the distal end of the handle, and the body has smooth tubular sections alternating with accordion-like tubular sections with pleated folds to allow for flexibility in bending the tube;
- c. one or more cylindrical beads strung end-to-end from the bottom end of the tube, each bead comprising a first end and a second end and a tubular body wherein the first end of each bead is attachable to the second end of another bead and further wherein the first end of the bead closest to the tube is attached to the bottom end of the tube, and the beads are concatenated together and individually removable by a user for adjusting a length of the jump rope simulator;
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- d. a ball-shaped safety nodule attached to the bead farthest removed from the handle, wherein the safety nodule has means for attaching to the second end of the bead farthest away from the handle, and further wherein the safety nodule has means for generating light and is made out of a soft material that can transmit the light and is interchangeable with another safety nodule having a different weight.
49-52. (canceled)
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.