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(Application filed Dec. 29, 189Θ.) (No Model.)

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO. PHOTO-UTHO.. WASHINGTON, D. C.

United States Patent Office.

GEORG BECKH, OF NUREMBERG, GERMANY.

JUMPING-ROPE.

SPECIFICATION forming· part of Letters Patent No. 633,698, dated April 25,1899.

Application filed December 29,1898. Serial No, 700,595. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Georg Beckh, a citizen of the German Empire,residing at Nuremberg, in the Kingdom of Bavaria and Empire of 5 Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Jumping-Ropes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a j umping-rope for the use of children; and the object of the same to is to provide a jumping-rope which is attractive, unique, durable, and imponderable.

The invention consists, broadly, of a jumping-rope which comprises a pair of handles, a cord connecting the same, and a covering 15 of helically-wound strands of tinsel upon said connecting-cord.

The invention consists, further, of a plurality of tinsel-covered cords twisted together and connecting the handles; and the inven20 tion consists, lastly, of larger and extra or additional outer coverings of helically-wound strands of tinsel arranged upon the mid-length of the jumping-rope, so as to make that part heavier.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of my improved jumping-rope. Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal section through a handle and adjacent part of the rope. Fig. 3 is a transverse section on line

3 3, Fig. 2; and Fig. 4 is an enlarged section through the middle portion of the rope on line 4 4, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A A' indicate the axially-bored handles of suitable shape, 35 and B B' the cords which connect the handles and which are secured therein by tying a knot on the ends of the cords, such knot being covered by a cap a, screwed onto the handles. The cords B B' are wound tightly with small 40 wire C of light weight, and then upon these wire-wound cords helically-coiled tinsel wire or strands D D' are arranged so as to practically cover the cords. The ends of the tinsel-strands D pass into metallic cups or bell45 shaped tips D, which are strung on the connecting-cords adjacent to the handles. Between the coiled strands of tinsel D and upon the mid-length of the connecting-cords are placed other or additional coverings E E' of helically-wound tinsel wire or strands. These 50 are of greater diameter than the tinsel coverings D, so as to make the rope larger at the mid-length and to inclose the inner ends of the coverings D. Also these tinsel coverings E make the rope somewhat heavier at its mid- 5 5 length, so that the child can jump the better. Before fastening the ends of the connectingcords into the handles the same, with their tinsel coverings, are twisted, so as to hold together and to impart a decidedly ornamental 60 appearance to the j umping-rope. The strands of tinsel can be of various colors, so as to make the jumping-rope attractive, which, taken with the glittering and handsome appearance of the tinsel, strikes the fancy of children and 65 renders the device a salable article, much sought after.