Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4293125 | Jump rope handle A jump rope has tubular handles, each configured with a deeply set annular recess at one end to provide a bearing surface for receiving the knotted end of the rope, and a bell shaped curvilinear egress port at the opposite end on the handle adjacent to wh... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4281832 | Jump rope A jump rope featuring, in various aspects, a soft cushion element attached to a cord to prevent the cord from striking the ground, thereby decreasing noise; and a grip at each end of the cord including a ring attached to the cord, the cord being adjustabl... | 08/04/1981 |
| 4201382 | Skip rope A skip rope comprising an elongated flexible element having first and second end portions and handles attached, respectively, to the end portions. Each of the handles includes a tubular hand grip having a passage opening at the inner end of the hand grip ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4192501 | Electric jump rope An electric jump rope having a longitudinally extending member, the longitudinally spaced ends of which are attached to the end portions of a length of a flexible element. Mounted on the member for rotating the flexible element relative to the member is a... | 03/11/1980 |
| 4184677 | Length and width-adjustable jump-rope-exercising apparatus A size-adjustable jump-rope exercising apparatus comprising a framework structure having a substantially "H"-shaped configuration wherein the framework is formed having spaced, parallel, longitudinally extended, side-frame members. The frame members are c... | 01/22/1980 |
| 4179119 | Skipping rope or wire A skipping rope employing a wire rope and wooden handles which include an apparatus for permitting the handles to rotate freely with respect to the rope. The wooden handles include an axial bore which has a central section of reduced diameter in which is ... | 12/18/1979 |
| 4177985 | Jump rope with variable weighting and rope configuration A segmented jump rope having handles is provided with soft, flexible sleeves overlappable with the handles and slidable to the center of the rope. The sleeves may have abutting ends, or one sleeve may be configured to mate within the adjacent end of the o... | 12/11/1979 |
| 4158457 | Jump rope handles The invention discloses male and female handles for jump ropes or skip ropes which allow connection of two or more jump ropes to form ropes of varying lengths. Thus with only one type of rope all forms of rope exercise can be performed including joint tur... | 06/19/1979 |
| 4157827 | Hand grip for jump rope and similarly-gripped exercise devices A hollow hand grip for a jump rope or other similarly-gripped exercise device, in which one or more exercise weights can be used; said hand grip including, specifically for the contingency when less than all weights are used, an end plug which effectively... | 06/12/1979 |
| 4136866 | Skip rope A skip rope has handles each having a bore at one end in which is inserted a tubular housing having top and bottom inwardly-extending flanges and a top outwardly-extending flange located in the same plane as the top inwardly-extending flange which forms a... | 01/30/1979 |
| 4109906 | Skip rope A skip rope comprising first and second end sections and a resilient central section removably coupled to the end sections. The central section is heavier per unit of length than either of the end sections and is also less flexible. A plurality of the cen... | 08/29/1978 |
| 4101123 | Jump rope A jump rope including a connection between rope and handle having a ball bearing assembly. The ball bearing assembly includes the balls and race taught by the prior art and a housing having an outer flange and an inner shoulder defining therebetween a han... | 07/18/1978 |
| 4093211 | Combination jump rope and flexible exerciser Exercising apparatus having a pair of handgrips connected to respective ends of an elastic, flexible member to form a jump rope. Suitable clamps are provided for releasably attaching the ends of the flexible member to the handgrips, while the handgrips th... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4079932 | Athletic conditioning apparatus A total body conditioning apparatus in the form of a pair of independent adjustable weight members having integral handles and means for attaching a skipping rope. Each exercise member has a chamber to which water or other fluent material is added in a pr... | 03/21/1978 |
| 4018441 | Jump-rope training exercise device A training and exercise device combining a jump-rope with a pair of hand-covering elements, such as boxing training gloves, mittens or the like, provided with means for releasably connecting one end of the jump-rope to each of the hand-covering elements.... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4007931 | Hand weapon A hand weapon comprising a pair of hollow members which are adapted to be interengaged to form essentially a hollow rod, an elongated flexible member contained within the rod and its two ends being securely fastened within the outer ends of the respective... | 02/15/1977 |
