US3367673A - Grip for ski poles - Google Patents

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US3367673A
US3367673A US527533A US52753366A US3367673A US 3367673 A US3367673 A US 3367673A US 527533 A US527533 A US 527533A US 52753366 A US52753366 A US 52753366A US 3367673 A US3367673 A US 3367673A
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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
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  • ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A hand grip for a ski pole, with a rigid rear element to be engaged by the palm of the hand and an elastic forward element deformable under the action of the fingers of the hand.
  • the pole is secured in a longitudinal passage in the rear element of the grip which is contoured to define hand confining enlargements at its opposite ends.
  • This invention relates to an improved grip for a hand grasped implement, and more particularly relates to a grip for a ski pole.
  • the known grips are generally made of leather or of rubber, and present reliefs and cavities at the parts engaged by the fingers.
  • reliefs and cavities must be used with hands of different dimensions, they are necessarily spaced at intervals corresponding to a maximum dimension.
  • prior constructions such reliefs and cavities consist of the same material which forms the rest of the grip. This leads to the disadvantage of not providing an eificient and secure hold of the pole, and, in addition, requires a continuous gripping effort which tires the fingers of the hand.
  • the ski pole grip according to the invention eliminates said disadvantages, as it can adapt itself to any hand di mension, and also presents surfaces which improve the hold without tiring the user.
  • the grip is formed by two closely connected parts made of elastic material of different elasticity, the part of the grip which surrounds the pole and which is turned toward the palm of the hand being made of substantially hard material with little elasticity, while the part presented to the fingers is made of very soft elastic material, and is shaped so as to be tapered from the part where the fingers exert the greatest pressure, but smoothly curved longitudinally, that is, without presenting reliefs and cavities between the fingers in the longitudinal direction.
  • FIG. 1 is a view partially in side elevation and partially in section of a grip in accordance with the invention, the ski pole and safety strap associated therewith being fragmentarily shown;
  • FIG. 2 is a transverse section taken along line II-II of FIG. 1.
  • the illustrated grip comprises a rear element 1 having a longitudinal passage 2 in which the reduced diameter end 8 of the pole 9 is housed. Passage 2 terminates at its upper end in a cavity 3 which receives the head of an attachment screw 7 and with an aperture 4 for the application of a safety strap 10.
  • Element 1 terminates at both ends with the reliefs 1a, 1b, which limit the hand gripping zone; the rear surface of element 1 presents an elongated curved surface or relief 1c for engaging the palm of the hand.
  • This element 1 consists of substantially rigid material of suflicient hardness to withstand the stresses to which the ski pole 9 is subjected, and preferably it is formed of hard solid rubber.
  • said element 1 comprises a partly cylindrical surface 6 having a zone coaxial of its. longitudinal axis, which surrounds the passage 2 for the engagement of shank 8 of the pole 9 and at each of its sides a flat surface 6a extending continuously from somewhat upwardly of the end 1a in a longitudinal direction to somewhat below the end 1b.
  • the grip On the forward side, relative to the position of the hand, the grip has an additional element 5 consisting of soft elastic material, such as foam rubber provided with an impermeable outer surface. Said element 5 is integrally attached to element 1, as by means of an adhesive, over the entire surface 6-6a and is of olive-shaped tapered uniform shape, in cross section, as is seen in FIG. 2. In longitudinal direction it completes, at the ends, the projections 1a-1b of element 1, and is shaped in gentle relief in both directions in the intermediate zone 5a.
  • the lengths of the periphery of the transverse zones of the forward element of the grip vary generally in accordance with the lengths of the respective fingers of the hand engaging the grip.
  • the hollow of the palm adapts itself to the relief 10 of the rear element, while the fingers, enveloping the forward element 5, make a series of depressions and reliefs in element 5.
  • the fingers enveloping the forward element 5
  • it is to be especially position assumed by the fingers, thus furnishing a soft and adhering resting surface for the fingers of the gripping hand while providing a very secure gripping surface for such fingers.
  • the grip according to the invention affords a secure hold without the necessity of excessive pressure by the fingers of the gripping hand. This follows from the fact that the section of element 5 varies on its forward side; thus said element 5 presents a resistance to crushing which gradually increases from its thinner longitudinal end portions to its thicker longitudinal central portion. It is, however, also possible to vary the crushing resistance of element 5 by reducing either its thickness or the rate of variation of its tapering from its longitudinal center.
  • the improved grip which comprises two hand engaging elements connected together and extending longitudinally of the pole, a first, rear one of said elements being adapted to be engaged by the palm of the hand and being made of substantially rigid material, said rear element having a longitudinal passage therein receiving said end of the pole; means securing said rear element to said pole; and the second, forward one of said elements being adapted to be engaged by the fingers of the hand and being made of elastic, flexible material, said forward element being deformable under the action of the fingers of the hand so as to adapt itself with depressions and ridges corresponding to the arrangement of the fingers thereon; and the rear and forward elements of the grip together forming a contoured hand engaging member having hand confining enlargements at its opposite ends.
  • the improved grip which comprises two hand engaging elements connected together and eXtending longitudinally of the pole, a first, rear one of said elements being adapted to be engaged by the palm of the hand and being made of substantially rigid material, said rear element having a longitudinal passage therein receiving said end of the pole; means securing said rear element to said pole; and the second, forward one of said elements being adapted to be engaged by the fingers of the hand and being made of elastic, flexible material, said forward element being deformable under the action of the fingers of the hand so as to adapt itself with depressions and ridges corresponding to the arrangement of the fingers thereon, and decreasing in transverse thickness from an intermediate portion thereof in opposite directions longitudinally thereof toward its ends, whereby the lengths of the periphery of the transverse zones of the forward element of the grip vary generally in accordance with the lengths of the respective fingers of the hand engaging the grip.

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US3479045A (en) * 1967-10-20 1969-11-18 Earl A Miller Instant grip or handle for a ski pole
US3879048A (en) * 1972-12-18 1975-04-22 Donald A Penney Ski pole handle
USD246282S (en) * 1974-11-14 1977-11-08 Wiltshire Cutlery Company Proprietary Ltd. Knife handle
USD246806S (en) * 1976-03-29 1977-12-27 William Iezzi Handle for ski pole or the like
US5470108A (en) * 1992-10-05 1995-11-28 Goode; David P. Ski pole grip assembly
US20040075267A1 (en) * 2000-04-10 2004-04-22 Svein Pedersen Device for use on a ski pole handle, in particular for alpine poles
EP1491242A1 (de) * 2003-06-26 2004-12-29 Komperdell Sportartikel Gesellschaft m.b.H. Griff für einen Stock
US20140165336A1 (en) * 2012-12-19 2014-06-19 Salomon S.A.S. Pole handle
RU186973U1 (ru) * 2018-10-17 2019-02-12 федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Омский государственный университет им. Ф.М. Достоевского" Лыжная палка с опорным элементом в области запястья

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FR2569350B1 (fr) * 1984-08-21 1987-01-23 Kerma Poignee de baton de ski

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AT116263B (de) * 1927-11-21 1930-02-10 Aladar Ing Berger Abnehmbarer Skistockgriff aus Leder.
US2627420A (en) * 1949-04-27 1953-02-03 Spalding A G & Bros Inc Ski pole
AT223985B (it) * 1961-01-11 1962-10-25 Salewa Lederwarenfabrik Gesellschaft Mit Beschraenkter Haftung
GB919589A (en) * 1961-07-20 1963-02-27 Sachsische Glasfaser Ind Wagne A plastic ski stick
US3179435A (en) * 1962-06-08 1965-04-20 Melville A Miller Handle means for ski pole

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AT116263B (de) * 1927-11-21 1930-02-10 Aladar Ing Berger Abnehmbarer Skistockgriff aus Leder.
US2627420A (en) * 1949-04-27 1953-02-03 Spalding A G & Bros Inc Ski pole
AT223985B (it) * 1961-01-11 1962-10-25 Salewa Lederwarenfabrik Gesellschaft Mit Beschraenkter Haftung
GB919589A (en) * 1961-07-20 1963-02-27 Sachsische Glasfaser Ind Wagne A plastic ski stick
US3179435A (en) * 1962-06-08 1965-04-20 Melville A Miller Handle means for ski pole

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3479045A (en) * 1967-10-20 1969-11-18 Earl A Miller Instant grip or handle for a ski pole
US3879048A (en) * 1972-12-18 1975-04-22 Donald A Penney Ski pole handle
USD246282S (en) * 1974-11-14 1977-11-08 Wiltshire Cutlery Company Proprietary Ltd. Knife handle
USD246806S (en) * 1976-03-29 1977-12-27 William Iezzi Handle for ski pole or the like
US5470108A (en) * 1992-10-05 1995-11-28 Goode; David P. Ski pole grip assembly
US20040075267A1 (en) * 2000-04-10 2004-04-22 Svein Pedersen Device for use on a ski pole handle, in particular for alpine poles
EP1491242A1 (de) * 2003-06-26 2004-12-29 Komperdell Sportartikel Gesellschaft m.b.H. Griff für einen Stock
US20050029797A1 (en) * 2003-06-26 2005-02-10 Thomas Roiser Grip for a stick or pole
US20140165336A1 (en) * 2012-12-19 2014-06-19 Salomon S.A.S. Pole handle
US9027206B2 (en) * 2012-12-19 2015-05-12 Salomon S.A.S. Pole handle
RU186973U1 (ru) * 2018-10-17 2019-02-12 федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Омский государственный университет им. Ф.М. Достоевского" Лыжная палка с опорным элементом в области запястья

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