Patent ID: 6406407
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A device by which an end of a jump rope may be readily attached to and detached from a generally planar support surface, said device comprising a vacuum portion and a rope pivot portion, said vacuum portion including a flexible vacuum cup structure having a surface engaging rim lying in a plane, said plane adapted to be generally parallel to or integral with said support surface when attached, said vacuum portion adapted to be easily and quickly adhered to said support surface by pressing the vacuum cup, said vacuum cup structure adapted to be easily and quickly removed from said supporting surface by means of a quick release mechanism for quickly and easily breaking a vacuum in said vacuum cup thereby facilitating responses for emergency release, said quick release mechanism including a generally outwardly projecting lip-like portion located in areas generally about the periphery of said vacuum cup, said lip-like portion being spaced away from the plane of the rim of said vacuum cup and forming a recessed area therebetween in those portions where said lip-like portion is located whereby release pressure may be easily applied in said recessed areas to quickly and easily effect a release of the pressure in said vacuum cup, said rope pivot portion including a rope securing portion and a rotatable joint structure, said joint structure allowing relatively friction free rotation of said securing portion.