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US 6,898,804 B2Granted
Ski pole grip and glove combination
AssigneeAplix
InventorRonald A. Sandler
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Abstract
A pole grip and glove combination that uses a hook material on at least a portion of the grip with a corresponding mating loop material on at least a portion of the palm of a glove such that when the user grasps the grip at the pole end while wearing the glove, the hook and loop material engage and releasably attach the glove to the pole grip.
Claims8
A ski-pole grip and glove combination comprising:
- at least one ski pole having a grip thereon for engagement by the hand of a user;
- a field of semi-flexible hook material integrally formed in said thermoplastic material in a portion of said ski pole grip;
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- at least one glove having a field of loop material associated therewith in an area comprising the inner surface of the palm or finger thereof such that said loop material will matingly engage said hooks on said ski pole grip when the user's glove grasps said ski pole grip such that said ski pole grip is removably engaged with the glove during use.
1 more element
A method of retaining a ski pole in the hand of a user comprising the steps of:
- providing a ski pole having a thermoplastic grip theron and a field of intergrally formed hooks
- providing a ski glove for a user, said glove having an associated mating loop material such that when the user grasps the upper end of the ski pole with said glove, said field of hooks on said ski pole grip is releasably attached to said associated mating loop material on said glove.
A thermoplastic grip for use on a ski pole, wherein said grip has a generally defined area to be grasped by a user wearing a glove;
- said grip having at least one field of hooks integrally formed therein and adapted to engage an area of loop material on an associated glove.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.