Patent ID: 7665769

Claim:
A pole grip having a grip body and a hand-retaining arrangement in the form of a hand strap or of a glove, wherein the hand-retaining arrangement is fastened on the grip body by way of a device for blocking and adjusting the useful length of the hand-retaining arrangement, wherein the grip body has a recess, and wherein the hand-retaining arrangement comprises an essentially band-like element which, has an end fastened on the grip body, in the recess in the region of the top wall, and which enters into the recess of the grip body, is deflected about a horizontally arranged deflecting element in the recess and exits out of the grip body in a downward direction as a free end, wherein a blocking element is provided which, when the hand-retaining arrangement is directed upward, releases the band region entering into the grip body and the band region exiting out of the grip body to the free end and allows the useful length to be adjusted, and which, when the hand-retaining arrangement is directed downward blocks both the band region entering into the grip body and the band region exiting out of the grip body to the free end and wherein the deflecting element is a pin which is arranged essentially horizontally in the recess and is mounted in the lateral walls of the recess, in corresponding bores of the grip body.