Ground-contact device comprising a pole and a pole strap
AssigneeSkis Rossignol S.A.
InventorsThomas Morvan, Gilles Leray
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Abstract
The ground-contact device (1) includes a pole (2) provided with a handgrip (5), a pole strap (3) provided with a connecting element (7) intended to be fastened removably to the handgrip, and a locking element (11) mobile relative to the handgrip (5) between a locked position and an unlocked position, the locking element having a body (14) and a retaining element (25) connected to the body (14) and able to immobilize the connecting element relative to the handgrip when the locking element is in the locked position, the connecting element being free relative to the handgrip when the locking element is in the unlocked position, and a first retaining surface (19) connected to said body (14) by an elastic portion (22).
Claims20
A ground-contact device comprising:
- a pole provided with a handgrip,
- a pole strap provided with a connecting element intended to be fastened removably to the handgrip, and
- a locking element mobile relative to the handgrip between a locked position and an unlocked position,
- wherein the locking element comprises:
- a body,
- a retaining element connected to the body and able to immobilize the connecting element relative to the handgrip when the locking element is in the locked position, the connecting element being free relative to the handgrip when the locking element is in the unlocked position, and
- a first retaining surface connected to the body by an elastic portion,
- the handgrip comprising a second retaining surface interacting with the first retaining surface in order to keep the locking element in the locked position, the handgrip comprising an opening adapted to accept the locking element, the second retaining surface being formed on one edge of the opening.
A ground-contact device comprising:
- a pole provided with a handgrip,
- a pole strap provided with a connecting element adapted to be fastened removably to the handgrip, and
- a locking element mobile relative to the handgrip between a locked position and an unlocked position,
- wherein the locking element comprises:
- a body,
- a retaining element connected to the body and able to immobilize the connecting element relative to the handgrip when the locking element is in the locked position, the connecting element being free relative to the handgrip when the locking element is in the unlocked position, and
- a first retaining surface connected to the body by an elastic portion, the handgrip comprising a second retaining surface interacting with the first retaining surface in order to keep the locking element in the locked position, the locking element comprising an appendage on which the first retaining surface is formed, the appendage further comprising a first bearing surface adapted to be actuated by a user in order to move the first retaining surface away from the second retaining surface, the first bearing surface being a manual-actuation surface accessible to digits of a hand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.