Abstract: A pressure-extrusion mechanical connector for interconnecting first and second structural elements, and including: a connector housing member coupled or coupleable to one of the first and second structural elements, with an interior volume in the housing member and an egress opening in the housing member communicating with the interior volume therein; an occlusion element arranged for selective translation into the interior volume, to correspondingly occlude at least a portion of the interior volume of the housing member; and a pressure-extrudable material, e.g., an elastomeric thermoplastic polymer, disposed in the interior volume. Pressure is selectively exertable on the pressure-extrudable material by the occlusion element when translated into the interior volume of the housing member, so that upon such translation, the pressure-extrudable material is extruded through the egress opening exteriorly of the housing, to form a gripping or locking extruded member.

Abstract: An apparatus for attaching a jump rope to a pair of handweights which has a C-shaped adapter which accommodates the full range of detachable weights normally used with aerobic handweights such as the "Heavy Hands" handweights of AMF Industries. The C-shaped adapter slips over the threaded extension on one end of each handweight and is held in place by the detachable weight after it is screwed down over the threaded extension. The C-shaped adapter has an upper portion in which a pressed fit bearing accommodates and retains one extreme end of the jump rope and has a lower portion having a circular opening for slidably attaching each C-shaped adapter to one of the respective handweights. A middle portion of the C-shaped adapter holds the upper and lower portions of the C-shaped adapter in a parallel relationship to one another and the dimensions of the C-shaped adapter are such that its three portions clear the depth and diameter of each of the range of detachable weights.