Patent ID: 6641508
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A jump rope comprising:(a) a length of rope having two ends, a first end and a second end, (b) a pair of handles, a first handle and a second handle, each handle preferably having a cylindrical shape, each handle having two ends, a first end and a second end, the first end of the first handle being attached to the first end of the rope, the first end of the second handle being attached to the second end of the rope, each handle having an internal battery compartment, each handle further including a removable hatch on the second end of each handle to allow access to each internal battery compartment, (c) a plurality of lights attached to the length of rope, the lights being electronically connected to the internal battery compartments within the first handle and the second handle, (d) power means for providing power to the plurality of lights (e) at least one battery in the internal compartment within the first handle, (f) at least one battery in the internal battery compartment within the second handle, (g) an on/off switch attached to the first handle, the on/off switch having two positions, an â€œonâ€  position and an â€œoffâ€  position, the on/off switch acting as a circuit between the batteries within the internal battery compartments and the plurality of lights, and (h) an option switch attached to the second handle, the option switch having plurality of settings, each of the settings designed to turn the plurality of lights on and off in varying patterns provided that the on/off switch woulf be set to the â€œonâ€  positions.