A common problem when walking hand in hand is that those hands seldom assist either person’s gait by swinging in rhythm opposite the nearest leg. Since even a loving pair’s legs are often out of step, the held hands hang helplessly still or jerk awkwardly to one or the other’s disadvantage.

The love loop, a short elastic cord between two Velcro ankle straps, changes all that. Joining a couple’s nearest ankles, the cord helps keep them in stride, one’s left leg and the other’s right swinging forward and backward together. The result: a tenderer but also more efficient stroll thanks to joined hands and feet that smoothly pendulate.
-- FarmerJohn, Oct 12 2004

Love on the Run http://www.sttoms.o...CUBA/Web4_003-L.jpg
[jurist, Oct 12 2004]

We used to call these shackles, back on the chain gang.
-- jurist, Oct 12 2004


I may make The Nurse try this one with me. Nice! [+]
-- DocBrown, Oct 12 2004


I'm not sure this'd work.. people naturally walk in step with each other rather than out of step a the love loop encourages.
-- neilp, Oct 12 2004


Tell that to boot camp sergeants.
-- FarmerJohn, Oct 12 2004


[+] just for introducing me to the phrase //a tenderer but also more efficient stroll thanks to joined hands and feet that smoothly pendulate.
-- zen_tom, Oct 12 2004


Hah. Yes, this is needed, especially in conversation.
-- ldischler, Oct 13 2004


From the makers of Love Loops, new Segway Chains. +
-- sartep, Oct 13 2004



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