Grip for a sports pole, and a sports pole having such grip

A sports pole in combination with a glove, said combination comprising:

• a glove comprising an integrated wrist strap;
• a sports pole comprising:
• an axially extending upper end portion;
• a grip handle at the upper end portion of the sports pole, said grip handle comprising a side wall and a proximal phalanx thumb support extending from said side wall for enabling transmission of an axially directed force to the pole with a proximal phalanx of a thumb of a user;
• said grip handle further comprising an opposite side wall, said opposite side wall being opposite to said side wall of said thumb support;
• said opposite side wall of said grip handle having a zone with a convexity, said convexity of said zone of said opposite side wall having a shape and dimensions to be housed ergonomically in a palm of the user's hand in a closed position of the hand of the user around the grip handle, while the thumb of the user is engaged with said thumb support;
• said grip handle having either a right hand configuration for a right hand of the user or a left hand configuration for a left hand of the user;
• said right hand configuration of said grip handle comprising, when viewed by the user, said thumb support extending from a left side of said grip handle and said convexity being on a right side of said grip handle;
• said left hand configuration of said grip handle comprising, when viewed by the user, said thumb support extending from a right side of said grip handle and said convexity being on a left side of said grip handle;
• said grip handle further comprising a connecting mechanism to connect said grip handle to said wrist strap of said glove, said connecting mechanism being provided at a zone of a rear wall of said grip handle, said zone of a rear wall of said grip handle being substantially perpendicular to said side wall of said thumb support and said opposite side wall, said rear wall adapted to be directed toward a user's arm when holding said grip handle.

A sports pole comprising:

• an axially extending upper end portion;
• a grip handle at the upper end portion of the sports pole, said grip handle comprising a side wall and a proximal phalanx thumb support extending from said side wall for enabling transmission of an axially directed force to the pole with a proximal phalanx of a thumb of a user;
• said grip handle including a flexible wrist strap, said wrist strap including an inner portion and an outer portion, with an upper zone connecting said inner and outer portions;
• said inner portion of said wrist strap being pivotally mounted to said side wall of said grip handle and extending downwardly to pass beneath the thumb of the user so as to constitute said support for the thumb;
• said outer portion of said wrist strap being pivotally mounted to an opposite side wall of said grip handle and extending downwardly to pass beneath an edge of a hand of the user.

A sports pole comprising:

• an upper end portion extending along a longitudinal axis;
• a grip handle at the upper end portion for gripping with a hand of a user, said grip handle comprising a first side wall and a second side wall, and a thumb support extending from said first side wall for enabling transmission of an axially directed force to the pole with a thumb of the hand of a user;
• and
• a strap for connecting the hand of a user to said grip handle while allowing a mutual rotation between the hand of the user and said grip handle;
• said strap being a flexible wrist strap, said wrist strap including an inner portion and an outer portion, with an upper zone connecting said inner and outer portions;
• said inner portion of said wrist strap being pivotally mounted to said first side wall of said grip handle and extending downwardly to pass beneath the thumb of the user so as to constitute said support for the thumb;
• said outer portion of said wrist strap being pivotally mounted to said second side wall of said grip handle and extending downwardly to pass beneath an edge of the hand of the user.