Patent ID: 7802581

Claim:
A buffer for a pole, wherein the buffer, at a top end, has a fastening element for fastening on a pole shaft in the form of a recess, and, at a bottom end, has a rolling surface, and wherein the rolling surface is of essentially planar or only slightly convexly curved design in a transverse direction, as seen in relation to the rolling movement, but in a longitudinal direction, perpendicularly thereto, is curved convexly such that, as a user of the pole is moving, it forms a rolling surface as the pole is pushed off an underlying surface, wherein the rolling surface has a profile with cleats formed by channels, wherein the buffer consists of a single piece of elastomeric material with a hardness of 50-70 Shore A, and wherein at least two elastically mounted, hard, non-elastic retaining elements are arranged in the elastomeric material and on at least two top cleat surfaces of the profile wherein the retaining element comprises an anchoring element which is embedded in the elastomeric material, wherein, on a side which is directed toward the rolling surface, the anchoring element has a flange which is not embedded in the elastomeric material and surrounds a recess in which a tip element is incorporated and fastened, wherein the tip element projects beyond the rolling surface by 0.5-3 mm, wherein the anchoring element is embedded in the elastomeric material with an anchoring depth of 5-10 mm, and wherein the anchoring depth in the elastomeric material is larger than the depth of the channels wherein, in the region of the anchoring element which is embedded in the elastomeric material, the anchoring element has a plurality of encircling anchoring lamellae, and the encircling anchoring lamellae are of conical design in the direction away from the rolling surface and of stepped design in the direction toward the rolling surface.