ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,917, issued on April 8.
"Fitness rope apparatus with plurality of fixed stoppers" was invented by Walter Fletcher (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fitness rope apparatus which includes an elongated rope body having a plurality of stopper members fixed thereon along its length and a distal end having an eye splice which forms a permanent loop. The plurality of stopper members are evenly spaced out along the length of the rope body, with each individually coupled to the rope by way of a securing member. In addition, each of the stopper members is a spherical exterior surface which provides a thicker portion relat...