EP1991326A1 - Agencement dans un baton de ski ou de marche creux - Google Patents

Agencement dans un baton de ski ou de marche creux

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Publication number
EP1991326A1
EP1991326A1 EP07700297A EP07700297A EP1991326A1 EP 1991326 A1 EP1991326 A1 EP 1991326A1 EP 07700297 A EP07700297 A EP 07700297A EP 07700297 A EP07700297 A EP 07700297A EP 1991326 A1 EP1991326 A1 EP 1991326A1
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Prior art keywords
shaft part
opening
handgrip
elastic element
pole
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EP07700297A
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German (de)
English (en)
Inventor
Risto Kasurinen
Miika Vesalainen
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GYMSTICK INTERNATIONAL Oy
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Viremestarit Oy
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C11/00—Accessories for skiing or snowboarding
    • A63C11/22—Ski-sticks
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B21/00—Exercising apparatus for developing or strengthening the muscles or joints of the body by working against a counterforce, with or without measuring devices
    • A63B21/0004—Exercising devices moving as a whole during exercise
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B69/00—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports
    • A63B69/0028—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports for running, jogging or speed-walking
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B69/00—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports
    • A63B69/0028—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports for running, jogging or speed-walking
    • A63B2069/0031—Speed-walking
    • A63B2069/0033—Nordic walking, i.e. using poles for walking
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2208/00—Characteristics or parameters related to the user or player
    • A63B2208/02—Characteristics or parameters related to the user or player posture
    • A63B2208/0228—Sitting on the buttocks
    • A63B2208/0233—Sitting on the buttocks in 90/90 position, like on a chair
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63C—SKATES; SKIS; ROLLER SKATES; DESIGN OR LAYOUT OF COURTS, RINKS OR THE LIKE
    • A63C2203/00—Special features of skates, skis, roller-skates, snowboards and courts
    • A63C2203/06—Special features of skates, skis, roller-skates, snowboards and courts enabling conversion into another device

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to an arrangement in a hollow skiing or walking pole, as disclosed in the preamble of claims 1 and 2.
  • prior-art hollow skiing or walking poles which are well suited for skiing or walking purposes but cannot be used for much else.
  • poles or rods developed for muscular training, having at their ends elastic strips or equivalent which can be fastened by their free ends e.g. with string loops to the feet, allowing the rod to be used for muscular fitness training by lifting the rod.
  • These implements are likewise not suited for any other use except just muscular fitness training. For example, if one wishes to do some muscular fitness training during a skiing or walking tour, this is not possible without separate implements or unless there is along the walking route a muscular fitness training area expressly arranged for this purpose.
  • the object of the present invention is to overcome the above- mentioned drawbacks and to achieve an economical, simple and reliable arrangement allowing a hollow skiing or walking pole used as a physical exercise implement or as an aid in physical exercise to be utilized in versatile ways as a physical exercise implement.
  • a skiing and walking pole is mainly referred to by the shorter designation x pole' .
  • the arrangement of the invention is based on the idea of providing in the upper part of the hollow shaft portion of the pole an opening through which it is possible to thread into the hollow pole an elastic strip, such as a piece of rubber tube or rubber band, which is substantially always carried along with the pole but which still remains out of the way and can be pulled out of the pole and used to perform different physical fitness exercises e.g. during a skiing or walking tour or at other suitable time.
  • the arrangement of the invention is characterized by what is disclosed in the characterization parts of claims 1 and 2. Other embodiments of the invention are characterized by what is disclosed in the other claims.
  • the arrangement of the invention has the advantage of allowing the poles to be used in more versatile ways for physical exercise.
  • An additional advantage is that the elastic strips permitting physical exercise are placed inside the hollow poles, where, when the user is walking with the poles, they are out of the way but still carried along and immediately available for use when the user wishes to perform muscular fitness exercises e.g. during a skiing or walking tour.
  • the elastic strips being inserted into the shaft part of the pole through the lower part of the handgrips also provides the advantage that the handgrip braces the shaft part from either side of the opening made for the elastic strip in the shaft.
  • form-locking of the handgrip provides the advantage of easy detachability when the elastic strip is to be replaced.
  • placing the opening below the handgrip has the advantage of making it altogether unnecessary to remove the handgrip to allow replacement of the elastic strip.
  • a further advantage is that the opening in the handgrip or in a separate sleeve or an opening provided with an elastic ring makes the edges of the elastic opening of the shaft part thicker and softer, thus improving the durability of the elastic strip in the area of the opening.
  • Placing the opening in the lower part of the handgrip or below it also affords the advantage that the protruding portion of the elastic strip in no way interferes with the actual skiing or walking activity using the poles .
  • Fig. 1 presents a pole according to the invention in lateral view
  • Fig. 2 presents the upper end of the pole of the invention in lateral view
  • Fig. 3 presents the upper end of the pole of the invention as seen from the direction of arrow A in Fig. 2,
  • Fig. 4 presents the upper end of a pole according to a preferred embodiment of the invention in lateral view
  • Fig. 5 presents the upper end of a pole according to another preferred embodiment of the invention in lateral view
  • Fig. 6 presents the upper end of the pole according to the embodiment in Fig. 5 as seen from the direction of arrow B in Fig. 5,
  • Fig. 7 presents a lateral view of the lower end of the handgrip of the pole of the invention
  • Fig. 8 presents a magnified view of the lower end of the handgrip according to Fig. 7 as seen from the direction of arrow C in Fig. 7, and
  • Fig. 9 illustrates the arrangement of the invention adapted for use in muscular fitness exercise.
  • Figs. 1-3 present a solution according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • the skiing or walking pole consists of at least an elongated, substantially hollow shaft part 1, a handgrip 2 at the first end of the shaft part and a tip part 3 placed at the second end of the shaft part and intended to be thrust against the ground.
  • the handgrip 2 is fitted at least partially over the first end of the shaft part 1 substantially in the same direction with the shaft part 1.
  • the tip part 3 may be a pointed spike, a blunt part having a good frictional grip or some other suitable part which is thrust against the ground.
  • an elongated elastic ele- ment 4 which may be e.g. a piece of hollow rubber hose or solid rubber band, is placed inside the shaft part 1.
  • a separate element such as an elastic element 4 for use in muscular fitness exercises
  • Figs. 1 and 2 represent a situation where the first end of the elastic element 4 has been threaded into the shaft part 1.
  • a bulge 9 whose largest cross-section is smaller than the diameter of the opening 5, so that the first end of the elastic element 4 can be threaded through the opening 5 into the shaft part 1 and pulled out of the shaft part.
  • the elastic element 4 is a piece of hollow rubber hose or equivalent, the bulge is formed by a ball 9a placed inside the elastic element 4.
  • the lower part of the handgrip 2 is provided with a substantially circular opening 6 having rounded edges and so designed that the largest cross-section of the bulge 9 at the first end of the elastic element 4 is larger than the diameter of the opening 6, the first end of the elastic element 4 being thus large enough not to pass through the opening 6.
  • the handgrip 2 is so mounted in position that the openings 5 and 6 lie substantially concentrically one over the other. The handgrip 2 placed in position thus prevents the first end of the elastic element 4 from coming out of the shaft part 1.
  • the elastic element 4 can be replaced by compressing the elastic ele- ment 4 flat between one' s fingers and pulling off the handgrip from the first end of the shaft part 1. After this, the damaged elastic element 4 can be removed through the opening 5 in the shaft part 1 and replaced with a new one, whereupon the handgrip 2 is placed again in position.
  • an upward beveling 13 which facilitates the handling of the elastic element 4, especially when the elastic element is to be threaded into the shaft part.
  • Fig. 4 presents a solution according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • the handgrip 2 is a solid element and the opening 5 in the shaft part 1 is located below the handgrip 2, yet still substantially at the upper end of the shaft part 1.
  • a sleeve 7 placed on the shaft part 1 in the area of the opening 5 is a sleeve 7 functioning as a protecting element and provided with an opening 6 corresponding to the above-mentioned opening in the handgrip.
  • the openings 5 and 6 lie concentrically one over the other.
  • the sleeve 7 is provided with a gap 12 corresponding to the above-mentioned gap in the handgrip, extending from the edge of the opening 6 to the edge of the sleeve 7.
  • Figs. 5 and 6 present a solution according to a second preferred embodiment of the invention.
  • the handgrip 2 is again a solid element and the opening 5 in the shaft part 1 is located below the handgrip 2, yet still substantially at the upper end of the shaft part 1.
  • Placed on the edge of the opening 5 is a substantially soft ring 7a having substantially round outer edges and functioning as a protecting element, the outer edges of the ring being laid on both the inner and outer surfaces of the shaft part 1.
  • the ring 7a has in the mid part of its outer surface a groove extending around the ring, which groove is fitted over the edge of the opening 5 in the shaft part 1, the ring 7a being thus kept firmly in position in the opening 5.
  • the inner diameter of the ring 7a is substantially smaller than the largest cross- section of the bulge 9 at the first end of the elastic element 4. Therefore, when the ring 7a is in position, the bulge of the elastic element 4 cannot come out from inside the shaft part 1 through the ring 7a.
  • the elastic element 4 can be replaced by first removing the ring 7a from its position and then pulling the elastic element out from inside the shaft part 1.
  • the elastic ring 7a is first stretched onto the shaft part, the elastic element 4 is threaded into the shaft part and finally the ring 7a is fastened on the edge of the opening 5.
  • Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate one method of fastening the handgrip 2 in position.
  • the handgrip 2 has at its lower part a flexible strip 14 which remains connected to the handgrip 2 at its upper end but is detached from the handgrip at its sides.
  • a protrusion 10 extending towards the shaft part 1.
  • the shaft part 1 has a hole 15 placed at a certain position and so dimensioned that it accommodates the protrusion 10 when the handgrip 2 is in place.
  • the protrusion form-locks the handgrip 2 in place.
  • the handgrip 2 can be removed by turning the lower end of the strip 14 outwards from the outer surface of the shaft part 1 until the protrusion 10 is released from the hole 15.
  • the protrusion 10 will snap into the hole 15, locking the handgrip in place.
  • Fig. 9 illustrates the use of the pole arrangement of the invention for muscular fitness exercise.
  • the elastic element 4 has a loop 8 at its second end, and e.g. a tying band 11 provided with a sticker part is fitted on the pole to keep the loop 8 remaining outside the shaft part 1 tightly against the shaft part when the elastic element 4 is mainly inside the shaft part 1.
  • a tying band 11 provided with a sticker part is fitted on the pole to keep the loop 8 remaining outside the shaft part 1 tightly against the shaft part when the elastic element 4 is mainly inside the shaft part 1.
  • the user wishes to do muscular fitness exercise, he/she will place the poles side by side so that the handgrip 2 of one pole is substantially adjacent to the tip part 3 of the other pole.
  • the user then opens the tying bands 11 and pulls the elastic elements 4 out from inside the shaft part 1 of each pole and winds the tying bands 11 around the poles placed side by side to strengthen the stretch bar thus formed.
  • the loops 8 are placed around the feet and the elastic elements 4 are tightened by pulling the poles upwards in a substantially horizontal position.
  • the stretch bar formed from the poles can be further strengthened and the required stretching force can be adjusted by turning the poles about their longitudinal axes so that the elastic elements 4 are simultaneously coiled up around the pole pair by as many revolutions as desirable. After this, muscular fitness training is performed using the pole pair and elastic elements 4 in various known muscular power exercises.
  • the opening in the shaft part need not have a round shape, but it may have some other shape, e.g. that of an elongated groove, in which case the largest cross-section of the bulge at the first end of the elastic element is smaller than the smallest diameter of the opening in the area adjacent to the elastic element, whose diameter is e.g. equal to the width of the opening.
  • the wall of the shaft part need not necessarily be provided with an opening for the elastic element at all, but that the elastic element can be inserted into the shaft part from the first end of the shaft part longitudinally through the handgrip. It is likewise obvious to a person skilled in the art that the elastic element can also be threaded into the shaft part through an opening located on one side of the handgrip in the upper part of the handgrip.
  • the elastic element may be made of some other elastic material resistant to stretching.

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  • Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • General Health & Medical Sciences (AREA)
  • Physical Education & Sports Medicine (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Biophysics (AREA)
  • Orthopedic Medicine & Surgery (AREA)
  • Walking Sticks, Umbrellas, And Fans (AREA)
  • Rehabilitation Tools (AREA)

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un agencement dans un bâton de ski ou de marche creux, ledit bâton ayant au moins une partie de tige (1) essentiellement creuse, une poignée à main (2) située dans la partie supérieure de la partie de tige et une partie d’extrémité (3) située dans la partie inférieure de la partie de tige. A l’intérieur de la partie de tige (1) creuse du bâton, on trouve un élément élastique (4) conçu pour être tiré au moins en partie hors de la partie de tige (1) et poussé au moins en partie dans la partie de tige (1).
EP07700297A 2006-01-25 2007-01-19 Agencement dans un baton de ski ou de marche creux Withdrawn EP1991326A1 (fr)

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FI20065052A FI119544B (fi) 2006-01-25 2006-01-25 Järjestely ontossa hiihto- tai kävelysauvassa
PCT/FI2007/050032 WO2007085695A1 (fr) 2006-01-25 2007-01-19 Agencement dans un baton de ski ou de marche creux

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