Patent ID: 8182400

Claim:
A jump rope exercise system ( 10 ) wherein a sole teacher may facilitate the exercising of a plurality of students in an entertaining atmosphere, the exercising being done in a safe, convenient and economical manner, the system comprising, in combination: a vertically oriented pole ( 14 ) having a height of 48 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the pole having an upper end ( 16 ) above and a lower end ( 18 ) below and an intermediate end there between, the pole having a diameter of 1 inch, plus or minus 10 percent, the pole having a lower region ( 20 ) extending upwardly from the lower end for 16 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the pole having an upper region ( 22 ) extending downwardly from the upper end for 16 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the pole having an intermediate region ( 24 ) between the upper and lower regions for 16 inches, plus or minus 10 percent, the pole being rigid and fabricated of wood; a horizontally oriented rope ( 28 ) having a diameter of 0.50 inches, plus or minus 50 percent, the rope having an interior end ( 30 ) and an exterior end ( 32 ) separated by a length of 10 feet, plus or minus 20 percent, the rope being fabricated of a flexible, essentially inextensible material; an interior connector ( 36 ) coupling the interior end of the rope to the lower region of the pole, the interior connector located 6 inches, plus or minus 33.3 percent, from the lower end of the pole, the interior connector being formed of plural rings ( 38 ) and headed pins ( 40 ) to facilitate free rotation about a horizontal axis to abate entanglement of the rope during use; a weight ( 44 ) in a tear shaped configuration, the weight having a hemispherically shaped exterior extent ( 46 ) and a cone shaped interior extent ( 48 ), the weight being 1 pound, plus or minus 25 percent; an exterior connector ( 52 ) coupling the exterior end of the rope to the interior extent of the weight, the exterior connector located 6 inches, plus or minus 33.3 percent, the exterior connector being formed of plural rings ( 38 ) and headed pins ( 40 ) to facilitate free rotation about a horizontal axis to abate entanglement of the rope during use; the intermediate region of the pole adapted to be held in a first hand of a teacher and the upper region of the pole adapted to be held in a second hand of the teacher while moving the pole in a circle at a sufficient speed whereby the speed of the movement will provide an increased centrifugal force to keep the rope moving in a horizontal plane 6 inches from the ground, plus or minus 50 percent.