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US 6,142,527 AGranted
Ski or walking stick with adjustable handle
OwnerKlaus Lenhartinventor
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Abstract
The invention concerns a A stick such as a ski pole, a walking stick or the like, which has a pole grip and a pole tube, the length of which can be altered, as well as an adjusting device with which at least one gripping area of the stick pole grip can be adjusted in a bent position relative to the pole tube. The purpose of the invention is to obtain a stick which can be folded into a compact unit as small as possible. To this end the pole tube has two sections joined together by the adjusting device and the adjusting device is accommodated outside of the pole tube of the stick.
Claims11
A stick, comprising one of:
- a ski pole and a walking stick, further comprising:
- a pole tube that is changeable in length comprising two partial elements;
- a pole grip mounted to one partial element;
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- an adjustment device including a hinge, said adjustment device connecting said two partial elements, wherein one of said partial elements being fixed in an angled away position relative to said other one of said partial elements by said adjustment device, wherein said adjustment device is arranged outside of said pole tube and wherein one of said two partial elements includes an outer tube and a telescopically insertable inner tube.
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