Handle for jump rope

(12) INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT) (19) World Intellectual Property (1) Organization I~I~~~DDDIIDIIIIIIIIII~~~D~~DD~I International Bureau (10) International Publication Number (43) International Publication Date W O 2018/144488 Al 09 August 2018 (09.08.2018) W IP0I PCT (51) International Patent Classification: (72) Inventor: NEWMAN, David R.; 1800 John Towers Av A63B 5/20 (2006.01) A63B 21/06 (2006.01) enue, Suite B, El Cajon, California 92020 (US). (21) International Application Number: (74) Agent: FERGUSON, Lisel M. et al.; c/o Procopio, Cory, PCT/US2018/016036 Hargreaves & Savitch LLP, 525 B Street, Suite 2200, San (22) International Filing Date: Diego, California 92101 (US). 30 January 2018 (30.01.2018) (81) Designated States (unless otherwise indicated, for every (25) Filing Language: English kind ofnational protection available): AE, AG, AL, AM, AO, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BH, BN, BR, BW, BY, BZ, (26) Publication Language: English CA, CH, CL, CN, CO, CR, CU, CZ, DE, DJ, DK, DM, DO, (30) PriorityData: DZ, EC, EE, EG, ES, Fl, GB, GD, GE, GH, GM, GT, HN, (30)/Priority : 06 February 2017 (06.02.2017) US HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IR, IS, JO, JP, KE, KG, KH, KN, KP, KR, KW, KZ, LA, LC, LK, LR, LS, LU, LY, MA, MD, ME, (71) Applicant: RX SMART GEAR, INC. [US/US]; 1800 MG, MK, MN, MW, MX, MY, MZ, NA, NG, NI, NO, NZ, John Towers Avenue, Suite B, El Cajon, California 92020 OM, PA, PE, PG, PH, PL, PT, QA, RO, RS, RU, RW, SA, (US). SC, SD, SE, SG, SK, SL, SM, ST, SV, SY, TH, TJ, TM, TN, TR, TT, TZ, UA, UG, US, UZ, VC, VN, ZA, ZM, ZW. (54) Title: HANDLE FOR JUMP ROPE (57) Abstract: A jump rope handle has a hollow handle member with a through bore and a swivel assembly mounted in a swivel mounting portion extending up to one open end of the handle bore. The swivel assembly includes a shoulder bolt having an enlarged head and a shaft having a smooth, unthreaded outer surface extending from the enlarged head to the open end of the handle bore, an end connector or nut secured to the shaft and located outside the bore, and first and second rotatable bearings mounted between the smooth outer surface of the shaft and the handle bore to allow for relatively free rotation of the shoulder bolt in the handle bore. The end connectorhas a cross-hole or the like for connection to one end of ajump rope and thejump rope is easily rotatable relative to the handle via the swivel assembly during skipping activity. W O 20 18/144488 AAl||| (8