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US 6,439,610 B1Granted
Stick handle for ski, trekking and the like with adjustable wrist strap
AssigneeGipron Giuseppe Pronzati S.p.A.
InventorAttilio Pronzati
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Abstract
A stick handle for ski, trekking and the like, equipped with an improved device for adjusting the wrist strap. An operating lever is equipped with a cam pawl which allows to obtain an effective blocking of the wrist strap for a variety of thickness of the strip of the wrist strap itself. One end of the wrist strap is connected to an elastic element which automatically returns it into a housing of the stick handle.
Claims9
Stick handle (2) for ski, trekking and the like, with adjustable wrist strap (12), comprising:
- an operating lever (9), pivotally mounted on a pin (8) and apt to block said wrist strap (12) inside a seat (7), located in an upper part (5) of said handle (2),
- said operating lever (9) comprising a distinct pawl (30) pivoting with respect to said operating lever, having an eccentric cam outline (31) approachable to a bottom surface of said seat (7) with which it is apt to pinch and block said wrist strap (12), wherein,
- said pawl (30) is pivoted between a first position and a second position in which its eccentric cam outline (31) has respectively a minimum and a maximum distance from the bottom of said seat (7), and
- said pawl in the first position abuts a rearward beat wall of a housing provided on said operating lever and said pawl in the second position abuts a forward beat wall of the housing.
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