Molly Metz. Molly is known as “the queen of rope” and is a 5 time world champion in the sport of speed jump roping. Molly never set out to be an inventor, but when she encountered a problem that she needed to solve, she invented a new design of jump rope. Molly obtained two patents for her design and believed that she owned the exclusive rights to her idea until someone stole that idea and used the US patent system against her. This is a story of success, overcoming challenges, and the ongoing fight for our rights.
In today’s episode Jenny Beth Martin speaks with Molly Metz, who is known as the “Queen of the Rope”, as she holds 5-world championships and is the reigning National Champion in the sport of speed rope jumping. She has been involved in the sport for over 35 years, and is a competitor, coach, innovator, and is the only jump-roper to have held not one, but 2 patents for her jump rope technology. She has also ranked in the top 500 fittest women in CrossFit in her age category for many years. Today, Molly spends most of her time traveling the world, conducting her unique jump rope seminars at CrossFit gyms around the world – and most importantly to our conversation fighting the US Patent office to win back her “invalidated” patents.
Resources:
Check out Molly's jump rope at jumpnrope.com
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Find out more about Molly Metz at usinventor.org/mollymetz-thejumpropequeen/