Skipping rope

Abstract

A skipping or jump rope device adapted to create markings on the ground or exercise mat is disclosed. The drawing or painting skipping rope device may make coloured markings on the ground, by connecti

Description

The embodiment of the invention relates to a device for physical exercise by using a skipping rope, which can make drawings on the ground for optimizing user benefit. The skipping rope comprises a rope with a left-hand handle and identical right-hand handle at the other. When people use existing skipping ropes, they do not make marks where the rope hits the ground so that gradually a pattern can be created. To overcome this, the present invention provides the means to create drawings, by incorporating an attachment, in the form of a small tube which contains coloured powders, in the middle of the rope. When the tube hits the ground some powder is released and makes markings on the ground. This can be done around the place where the user stands or in the direction he or she moves, i.e., forwards, backwards, to the left or right, or rotate gradually and form a complete drawing on the ground i.e., a circle. The drawings, can be of different colour depending on which tube is attached to the rope. The drawings can be brushed away or wiped from the ground or exercise mat so that the same place can be used again. Besides the benefits of physical exercise, the markings and drawings on the ground provide a variety to the exercise, and a means of reference to movement, concentration, and precision of performance, thereby increasing satisfaction, amusement and better experience. This device will now be described by way of example and reference to accompanying drawings. Figure 1 shows a skipping rope, with outside diameter of about 10mm, which is divided into two equal in length parts 1 and 2, each with a handle at one end connected to the rope so that the rope can swivel inside the handles during use. The ropes can be made of an inner core of strong durable and flexible material braided with polyester wrapped around it to prevent tangle. The length of the two half ropes can preferably, be adjustable by the handles. Both of the other ends 3 and 4 convert into a fastening device so that the one 3 can slot into the other 4 and become a complete skipping rope ready to use. Figure 2 shows the two ropes 1 and 2 connected to the small tube 5 which has identical fastening ends 6 and 7 to the skipping rope ends, so that rope end 3 is joined with tube end 6 and the other rope end 4 is joined with the other tube end 7, so that the tube 5 forms an integral part of the skipping rope. Description (2 / 2) Figure 3 shows the tube 5, which is made of strong, durable, and flexible material, like nylon, PVC, or rubber with inside diameter of about 8mm and outside diameter of about 10mm, and the wall / thickness 8 of the tube being about 2mm.The length of the tube 5 can be as long as the combined length of the two half ropes and replace them. When all the colour powder has been used up, the whole skipping rope would have to be replaced. Preferably, the tube should be short, about 13cm including the fastening elements. It will be more economical to replace, when it is empty, or when one wishes to use another one with different colour powders or use the rope as a normal skipping rope without the tube. The tube can be divided into a number of compartments by partition(s) 10 of the same material as the tube. The number of compartments can vary. Preferably, because of the limited length of the tube, the number of compartments could be limited to three or four. In Figures 3 and 4 only two compartments are shown for demonstration. Each compartment will be filled with powder 9, for example, talcum powder, of the same or different colour. One end of the tube 5 is turned into a flexible i.e. not brittle, fastening device 6 which also seals it and the other end of the tube is turned also into a flexible fastening device 7 and it too seals the tube. Both fastening ends of the tube 5 are identical to those of the two half ropes, so that the tube can be fastened onto them tightly and prevent it from swivelling independently of the rope during use. Figure 4 shows a cross section of the tube 5. A series of small nodules 11, of the same material as the tube, of about 3mm in height and about 4 or 5mm in diameter and spaced roughly equally apart, are fixed on the outside surface of the tube along its length 12. The positioning of the nodules will be such that there will be one nodule on the outside of each compartment, which touches the ground when the tube is placed horizontally on the ground at any position of its circumference. The spacing of the nodules will be such that when one nodule hits the ground the others will not be too close to impinge on its movement. The Figure 4 has only some nodules for demonstration. Preferably, the tube 5 should be manufactured with the nodules 11, the partition(s) 10, and powder 9, so that they form an integral part of the tube. Small incisions 14 into the tube of about 4 or 5mm in length, which curve around the nodules and tilting slightly outwards away from the nodules, are made right in front of all the nodules, towards the left rope handle. The incisions 14 will allow the outward flow 13 of the coloured powder 9 which is contained in the compartments of the tube. When the nodules 11 on the tube 5 which face down, impact the ground and dent that part of the tube slightly, they will force some coloured powder 9 to escape 13 through the incisions 14 which are in front of those nodules 11, and will make marks on the ground. The user will aim to hit the ground with the tube 5 on a different spot to make the desired drawing, for example a continuous curved line, which gradually becomes a complete circle, which can be repeated but smaller, thus forming a circle within a circle, and so on. The use of the device will require absolute concentration of the eyes, hands, and legs in order to achieve the desired pattern. Accuracy and agility will be vital in the use of this device to enrich user benefit.

Claims

02 04 25Skipping rope1. A skipping rope device which, when used for physical exercise or amusement, creates markings on the ground or exercise mat, with powder material, which can be erased by being brushed away or wiped, so that the exercise can be repeated on the same place or to create different patterns, and wherein the skipping rope device uses a tube for housing the powder material for making markings2. A skipping rope device, according to claim 1, which uses a tube attachment which is partitioned into compartments for housing the powder material.

3. A skipping rope device which uses a tube attachment which can be loaded with different colour powder in each compartment or alternate colours, according to claim 2.

4. A skipping rope device which uses a tube according to claim 1, which can be disconnected from the rope and replaced when it is empty or when different colours are needed.

5. A skipping rope device according to claim 3 which can make patterns on the ground of different colours.

6. A skipping rope device which uses a tube attachment according to claim 1 which can be of varying lengths.

7. A skipping rope device which uses a tube attachment which has compartments according to claim 2, which can vary in number and in length.

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