Hand grip for jump rope and similarly-gripped exercise devices

Claim 1

As an improvement for a jump rope, a hand grip attached to said jump rope comprising a hand-sized hollow cylindrical pliable body member of the type that is squeezable by externally-applied pressure to a diminished diameter defining a storage compartment for exercise weights, a circular edge at one end of said body member bounding an access opening into said storage compartment for the placement and removal of said exercise weights, a plug of rigid construction material having an inserted operative position with said access opening in supported relation beneath said circular edge so as to maintain said shape thereof, and an outer closure member sized to provide a friction fit when placed in covering relation over said supported circular edge, whereby when less than all said exercise weights are in use in said compartment allowing a collapse therein said closure member nevertheless maintains said position closing said access opening due to said plug maintaining said edge and closure member frictionally engaged to each other.