Patent ID: 6311370
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: A45B,A63C,Y10T

Abstract:
A ski pole handle having a long axis around which the handle is gripped, the handle equipped with a safety strap (3) consisting of a strip formed into a loop equipped with a connecting piece (11; 32) fixed by snap-fastening into a housing (4; 33) formed in the upper part of the handle (1) so that it detaches from the handle by elastic deformation of the snap fastening under the effect of a tensile force which exceeds a predetermined value and so that it can be reattached to the handle repeatedly, wherein the housing (4; 33) in the handle has a cavity (5; 26) which is bounded in the direction of the end of the handle by a pair of opposed projections (7, 8; 27, 28) and wherein the housing communicates laterally with the outside of the halidle via a slot (6; 23), and wherein the connecting piece (11; 32) has a shape such that it can be forcibly axially introduced into said cavity and held in this cavity by said projections (7, 8; 27, 28) in a position such that the strap passes through said slot (6; 23) and can turn about an axis transverse to the long axis of the handle and can detach from the handle under the effect of a tensile force directed at least approximately along the axis of the pole.