Abstract:
A loop for poles, such as ski poles and walking sticks, which can be fastened to a pole grip, is provided with a loop element, which encloses the wrist and whose circumference can be adjusted, with a connecting element to the pole grip for the loop element, and with a drawing element, whose one end can be fixed in place on the pole grip and the other end can be releasably fastened on the loop element. The drawing element can be releasably fastened on the exterior of the loop element, so that the drawing element can be connected with or released from the loop element in a simple manner, wherein the circumferential setting of the loop element is maintained.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     1. Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to a loop for poles, such as ski poles and walking sticks, which can be fastened to a pole grip with a loop element which encloses the wrist and whose circumference can be adjusted with a loop element and a drawing element. 
     2. Background Art 
     In connection with such a loop for poles, known from DE 94 01 287 U1, the drawing element has been placed with its end facing away from the pole grip between a burr-type closure arrangement of the loop element, whose circumference can be adjusted and can be connected therewith. The fastening and releasing of such a drawing element on, or respectively from, the loop element is relatively elaborate, since to this end it is necessary in every case first to open, or respectively close, the burr-type closure arrangement. This also requires the loosening, and therefore readjustment of the circumferential length of the loop element. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide an improved loop for poles of the type mentioned at the outset in such a way that the drawing element can be connected with, or respectively released from, the loop element in a simpler way, wherein the circumferential adjustment of the loop element is maintained. 
     To attain this object, poles, such as ski poles and walking sticks of the type mentioned are provided with a drawing element releasably fastened on the exterior of the loop element. 
     By means of the present invention the loop element no longer needs to be opened when the drawing element is connected with the loop element or is released from it. By means of this the circumferential setting of the loop element, once it has been made, is retained. This leads to easy handling of the loop 
     With the known loop the drawing element extends over the back of the hand, since it is connected with the loop element in its adjustment area. A more optimal guidance of the drawing element results when the drawing element can be releasably fastened outside of the adjustment area of the loop element. In this case the drawing element is essentially arranged in the outer area of the hand between the thumb and index finger and is guided in its extension, which makes a more direct placement of the hand in a position on the pole grip possible. Furthermore, a stabilization and interlocking fixation in place of the hand on the pole grip results, so that an optimal force transfer from the hand to the pole is possible. Furthermore, with this type of attachment any danger of an unintended adjustment of the circumference of the loop is avoided. 
     By releasably fastening the drawing element outside of the adjustment area of the loop element, it is possible to achieve an individual position as a function of the hand, or respectively glove size. An advantageous embodiment of this ensues from providing at least two discrete fastening points which are provided on the drawing element and at a distance from each other. 
     An additional length adjustability and optimal stabilized holding of the hand on the pole grip ensues from an elastically stretchable section arranged between the fastening areas of the drawing element on the loop element or on the pole grip. In this connection it is practical to provide this elastically expandable section between the respective fastening areas on the outside of the loop element by means of a snap fastener unit. 
     The fastening ends of the drawing element and the connection element can be fastened so they cannot be released from the pole grip or, can be provided releasably as a unit on the pole grip. A very advantageous embodiment of releasability is provided in that the fastening ends are fastened, one resting on top of the other, on a bolt element which can be releasably inserted and locked in the pole grip. 
     If a circumferential adjustment by means of a burr-type closure unit is provided for a loop, it is practical to provide the drawing element directly next to an eye or a buckle provided on one end of the loop element. In the process a structurally and production-technologically simple fastening results. 
     For connecting the drawing elements with the loop, various releasable connecting units can be provided, such as a snap fastener unit or a tuning-lock fastener unit, or a burr-type closure connection or the like can be provided. 
     A useful and easy embodiment of the loop results from the provision of a web belt as the loop element which is woven wider in the contact area with the palm of the hand and narrower in the connecting area with the pole grip and in the circumferential adjustment area, while the adjustment area and the contact area of the loop element are woven as one piece with the connecting element, and while the end area of the loop element, which is firmly connected with the eye or the buckle is sewn to an intermediate area near the transition to the connecting element. 
     Further details of the present invention can be taken from the following description, in which the invention will be described and explained in more detail by means of the exemplary embodiments represented in the drawings. Shown are in: 
    
    
     BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
     FIG. 1, is a perspective representation of a loop fastened on a pole grip in accordance with a preferred embodiment of the instant invention, 
     FIGS. 2A and 2B, are respectively, a bottom view of the loop element and the connecting element, and a top view of the drawing element of the loop in accordance with FIG. 1, 
     FIG. 3, is a lateral view of an embodiment of the releasable connection of the loop element and drawing element differing from FIGS. 1 and 2, 
     FIG. 4, is a top view in accordance with the arrow IV in FIG. 3, 
     FIG. 5, is a section along the line V—V in FIG. 3 in an enlarged representation, and 
     FIG. 6, is a representation corresponding to FIG. 1 wherein, however, the loop can be releasably locked on the pole grip. 
    
    
     DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
     In accordance with FIG. 1, a loop  10  is fastened at the upper end  12  of a pole grip  11  of a pole  13 , which can be a ski pole or a walking stick. In accordance with FIG. 1, the loop  10  has been inserted into a slit  14  of the pole grip  11  and is fastened by means of a screw  15 , axially inserted into the pole grip  11 . However, in accordance with FIG. 6 it is also possible to provide the fastening ends of the loop  10 ″ on an element  110  of a releasable fastening unit of the loop and the pole grip, which is embodied in such a way that the loop  10 ″ can be fastened, easily releasable on the pole grip  111 , for example insertably and lockingly. 
     The loop  10  has a loop element  20 , which tightly encloses the wrist of a user, a connecting element  21  and a drawing element  22 . The free ends  23  and  24  of the connecting element  21  and the drawing element  22 , respectively, are brought together on top of each other and are connected fixedly or easily releasable with the pole grip  11  or  111  in the manner described above. 
     In accordance with the partial FIGS. 2A and 2B, in which the individual elements, or respectively areas, of the loop  10  are represented in a state where they are laid out flat, the loop element  20  has a widened intermediate area  26  which, in the carrying position in accordance with FIG. 1, lies in the area of the palm of the hand. At the one end, the intermediate area  26  forms a transition in one piece into the narrower connecting element  21 , and at the other end forms a transition in one piece into an end area  27  of the loop element  20  embodied as an adjustable fastening area. Tape elements  28  and  29  of a burr-type closure unit  31  have been sewn one behind the other in the longitudinal direction to the underside  32  of the also narrower free fastening area  27 . When the free fastening area  27  in accordance with FIG. 1 has been passed through an eye  33  or a buckle and reversed, the circumferential length of the loop element  20  can be adjusted and maintained in this way. A second end area  34  of the loop element  20  has been fastened, preferably sewn, vertically projecting from the intermediate area  26  of the loop element  20  near the transition to the connecting element  21 . The free end  36  of the second end area  34  is fixedly connected with the eye  33 , or the buckle, by reversing it. In the vicinity of this eye  33 , the free end  36  has been provided with one part  37  of a snap fastener connector  38 , wherein this snap fastener part  37 , which forms a male part, simultaneously holds the reversed free end  36  for fastening in the eye and is open toward the outside  30  of the loop element  20 . 
     In accordance with FIG. 2B, the drawing element  22  is designed to be relatively narrow and on its free end  39 , which faces away from the end  24  connected with the pole grip  11 , or respectively with the connecting element end  23 , it has several other, for example two, snap fastener parts  41 , which form female parts, arranged at a distance from each other, which can be selectively releasably connected with the male snap fastener part  37  on the connecting element  21 . An elastically stretchable section  42  in the manner of a rubber band is provided between the end  24  maintained on the pole grip  11  and the free end  39  of the drawing element  22 . In the carrying position in accordance with FIG. 1, the free end  39  of the drawing element  22 , which has been clipped to the outside  30  of the loop element  20 , is kept projecting approximately vertically from the second end area  34  of the loop element  20 , and the connecting element  21  extends along the pole grip  11  and thus along the palm of the hand, while the drawing element  22  extends on the outside of the hand in an area between the thumb and the index finger. 
     FIGS. 3 to  5  represent a variant of the loop  10  to the extent that the releasable fastening of the drawing element  22 ′ on the second end area  34 ′ of the loop element  20  is concerned. For this purpose the second end area  34 ′ near the eye  33 ′ is provided with a turning-lock fastener  46  formed by the reversed free end  36 ′, which in this case constitutes, at the same time, the eye holder. The turning-lock fastener  46  has an axis  47  embodied as a screw, whose head  50  is held in a countersunk manner by a washer  48  maintained on the inside of the free end  36 , and on whose shaft  49 , which projects above the outside of the free end  36 , a turning knob  51  is rotatably maintained. The turning knob  51  is secured in the axial direction via a nut  52  and washer  53 . The turning knob  51  has a rectangular-shaped base surface and on its inside it is provided with an undercut  54 . The drawing element  22 ′ is provided in its free end area  39 ′ with at least one elongated hole  56 , whose cross-sectional dimensions approximately correspond to the cross-sectional dimensions of the turning knob  51 . In other words, in the position of the turning knob  51  represented in FIG. 4, in which the latter extends in the direction of the elongated hole  56 , the free end  39 ′ of the drawing element  22 ′ can be brought with its elongated hole  56  in accordance with the arrow A (FIG. 3) over the turning knob  51  in such a way, that the drawing element end  39 ′ rests on the second end area  34 ′ of the loop element  20 ′, and therefore is arranged at the level of the undercut  54 . The turning knob  51  can then be pivoted by 90° in the direction of the arrow B, so that the turning knob  51  extends over the drawing element end  39 ′ on both sides of the transverse extension of the elongated hole  56 . Otherwise the drawing element  22 ′ is embodied in the same way as the drawing element  22 , i.e., it also has an elastic section, not represented here. In addition it is possible to provide the drawing element  22 ′ with more than one elongated hole  56  for a longitudinal adjustment possibility. 
     As mentioned at the outset, FIG. 6 represents in a further embodiment shown as loop  10 ″, which basically corresponds to the loop  10  in FIG. 1, so that its identical elements have been provided with the same reference numerals, but with a double prime. The essential difference between the loop  10 ″ and the loop  10  in accordance with FIG. 1 lies in the connector, which can be inserted into the pole grip  111  and releasably locked. With the loop  10 ″, the fastening ends  23 ″ and  24 ″, which are placed on top of each other, of the connecting element  21 ″, or respectively the drawing element  22 ″, have been inserted into a slot  108  of the bolt element  110  and are fastened in a manner not represented. The bolt element  110  provided with a projection  106  is inserted into an opening  112 , which is bordered laterally by an axially movable release knob  113 , on the bottom by the grip element  114  and on the top by a resiliently elastically movable cover element  115 . The bolt element  110  can be inserted and locked in a manner not represented in detail inside the opening  112  in the pole grip  111 . Release of the bolt element  110  from the pole grip  111  can take place either manually by means of the release knob  113 , or automatically by a safety release in a direction essentially extending toward the cover element  115 .