Pole having a tip spring mechanism
AssigneeLekisport AG
InventorEberhard HEIM
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Abstract
The invention relates to a pole, such as a Nordic walking pole, at the lower free end of which a tip body is provided, which has an end attachment, which is closed at the bottom and which has a central accommodating opening for accommodating a bottommost tube segment of the pole body. Furthermore, the tip body has an outer circumferential elastic elastomer spring element, which is connected axially above an upper end of the end attachment and which reaches around the bottommost tube segment of the pole body or a middle axial segment of the insertion element at least partially in the circumferential direction and which damps an axial relative motion of the bottommost tube segment of the pole body and/or of the insertion element in relation to the end attachment when an axial force is applied.
Claims27
A pole, including a Nordic walking pole, trekking pole, ski pole, cross-country ski pole or walking pole, comprising a pole body on the lower free end of which a tip body is provided, wherein
- the tip body comprises
- a downwardly closed end attachment with a central receiving opening for receiving a lowermost tube portion of the pole body,
- or for receiving an insertion element which is received and fastened by way of an upper axial portion in the lowermost tube portion of the pole body, and is received by way of a lower axial portion in the central receiving opening of the end attachment;
- and an outer circumferential elastic elastomer spring element which connects axially above an upper end of the end attachment and
- engages
- around the lowermost tube portion of the pole body or
- around a middle axial portion of the insertion element
- at least in part in the circumferential direction,
- and which damps an axial relative movement of at least one of the lowermost tube portion of the pole body or of the insertion element relative to the end attachment whilst an axial force is applied;
- wherein the lowermost tube portion of the pole body, and in the case of the arrangement of the insertion element also the insertion element, is mounted so as to be displaceable axially in the central receiving opening of the end attachment counter a spring force of the elastic element.
A tip body for a pole, including for a Nordic walking pole, trekking pole, ski pole, cross-country ski pole or walking pole, comprising
- a downwardly closed end attachment with a central receiving opening, for receiving a lowermost tube portion of a pole body
- or for receiving an insertion element which has an upper axial portion for reception in the lowermost tube portion of the pole body and with a lower axial portion for reception in the central receiving opening of the end attachment;
- additionally comprising an outer circumferential elastic elastomer spring element which connects axially above an upper end of the end attachment and engages around the lowermost tube portion of the pole body or a middle axial portion of the insertion element in the circumferential direction, and damps an axial relative movement of the lowermost tube portion of the pole body when an axial force is applied
- wherein, when the tip body is mounted on the pole, the lowermost tube portion of the pole body, and in the case of the arrangement of an insertion element also the insertion element, is mounted so as to be displaceable axially in the end attachment counter a spring force of the elastomer spring element when an axial force is applied from above onto the pole body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.