Stick with a shock absorber
AssigneeLekisport AG
InventorKlaus Lenhart
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a stick (23), such as, for example, a trekking, downhill skiing, hiking or Nordic walking stick, which has a stick handle (28), a stick tube (24) comprising at least three telescopic tubular sections (25, 26, 27), and a stick point (29). Two adjacent tubular sections can each be adjusted relative to each other. The stick (23) according to the invention has a damping device (1) with a compression spring device (35), wherein an axial pin (2) which is secured axially on a second tubular section (26) is guided in a guide sleeve (10) held in a rotationally fixed manner in a first tubular section (25).
Claims18
A pole of the type used for trekking, skiing, hiking or Nordic walking, comprising:
- at least three telescopic tube portions of a pole shaft provided with a pole grip and pole tip, wherein in each case two adjacent tube portions can be adjusted relative to one another,
- a damping device with a guide sleeve retained in a rotationally fixed manner in a first tube portion and with a compression-spring device,
- an axial pin secured axially in a second tube portion and being guided in the guide sleeve,
- wherein the first tube portion is the lowermost tube portion and the second tube portion is the second-from-the-bottom tube portion,
- wherein the guide sleeve, has a stop, against which the lowermost tube portion butts by way of its top edge, and wherein the guide sleeve, in a central region, has two mutually opposite slots,
- wherein a transverse pin is arranged perpendicularly to the pole axis in the guide sleeve, above the compression-spring device and at least in part in the slot, in which case the pin can be moved axially in the slot between a top stop and a bottom stop,
- wherein the entire compression-spring device is mounted in the guide sleeve, and
- wherein an insert piece is positioned on the guide sleeve, engaging in part axially in the guide sleeve and likewise having a central aperture for accommodating the axial pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.