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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7658413 | Retractable snow pole and snowboard binding combination A snow pole and snow board binding combination is disclosed. The snow pole is conveniently stored on a snowboard binding. The snow pole has telescoping pole members that may be automatically extended from an interior portion of a housing of the snow pole and may be ... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7377551 | Collapsible snowboard pole A collapsible snowboard pole is presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a snowboard pole can be provided with a manually expandable and compressible shaft, a basket at the tip, and a handle at the top. The basket can slide between a lower tip-wa... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7360547 | Walking assist device and associated methods A walking assist device includes an elongate shaft having an adjustable length, a handle detachably connected to a proximal end of the elongate shaft, and a curved elongate base that matingly engages a distal end of the elongate shaft. The curved elongate base may h... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7290305 | Mop with cleaning pad insertion tool A cleaning pad insertion tool for facilitating coupling of disposable cleaning wipes onto a head of an electrostatic mop by inserting a portion of the disposable cleaning wipe into a grip assembly of the electrostatic mop, and method of use therefore. The cleaning p... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7273233 | Ski clip The invention relates to a ski clip, which is used to fasten ski poles (6a, 6b) to skis (7). In general the simultaneous transport of a pair of skis (7)and a pair of ski poles (6a, 6b) poses probl... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7229101 | Trekking stick with shock absorber A stick, such as a trekking stick, ski pole or walking stick, is provided with a shock absorber between a first and a second tubular section of a stick shaft that is equipped with a handle and a stick tip. According to the invention, the shock absorber comprises a g... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7201401 | Collapsible snowboarder pole A collapsible snowboarder pole is divided into a number of segments. The segments are stored in a housing that also functions as a handle when the pole is in use. Tent pole technology enables the segments to fold out and hold shape. The pole segments mate with one a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7195140 | Holster for attaching to a leg of a user and holding a hammer A holster for attaching to an leg of a user and holding a hammer in a position which provides complete freedom of movement of hands and feet of the user and which permits the user to remove the hammer with the same hand employed to use the hammer. The holster is mad... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7191495 | Device for fastening, quick unfastening, safety release and adjustment of straps for walking sticks, ski poles, hiking canes and the like A device is provided for the fastening, quick unfastening, safety release and adjustment of straps for the handles of walking sticks, ski poles, hiking canes and the like. The device includes a buckle (2), on which are wound the strap (3) and a wedge (... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7172219 | Snowboard utility pole Embodiments include a collapsible utility pole that snowboarders can carry easily in their pants pocket and can be quickly pulled out and extended to a completely rigid pole to push themselves over flat sections of downhill runs. The utility pole can also being usef... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7007909 | Locking device for a telescopic tube assembly A locking device for a telescopic tube assembly having an outer tube and an inner tube slidably received in the outer tube includes a securing ring securable inside the inner tube, a friction element adapted to be securely mounted on one distal end of the inner tube... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6964616 | Adjustable putter for dual handed use A putter comprises a linearly elongated telescopic shaft having a handle or grip at an end. The shaft is coupled to a putter head at an opposing (lower or inferior) end. The head is adjustable for altering the lie angle of the putter. The putter may further comprise... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6938927 | Telescoping hand held pole A telescoping, hand held pole includes telescoping pole segments releasably locked together by lock members. A lock release mechanism employed in the pole includes a manually engageable member which, when pushed, initiates unlocking of all of the lock members, allow... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6920888 | Foldable stick assembly A foldable stick assembly includes a foldable tube unit, a sliding handle, a push rod unit, a ratchet socket, an upper ratchet, a pawl member, a lower ratchet, and a push block. The foldable tube unit includes a handle, an upper mounting tube, a lower mounting tube,... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6869112 | Device for locking two telescopic elongated elements A device for locking two elongated elements the first of which slides in the second telescopically, comprises members (12, 22) for locking the first element (2) longitudinally relative to the second element (4), a lock washer (13) arrange... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6782903 | Telescoping stick The present stick is comprised of first and second tubes telescopically connected together. The tubes are biased away from each other by a coaxial coil spring. A shaft is positioned within the first tube, and is biased outwardly from an outer end of the first tube b... | 08/31/2004 |
| 6749227 | Adjustable pole and lock A locking mechanism interconnects telescoping outer and inner tubes between extended and retracted lengths, such as for a trek or ski pole. A detent or pin movably extends between the outer and inner tubes to secure the tubes with respect to one another. A connector... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6413168 | Adjustable length shaft for golf clubs, and the like An adjustable length shaft assembly including a handle portion and an extensible shaft. An upper end of the shaft includes a set of locking teeth. The handle has an internal locking mechanism with a tooth rack to accommodate the locking teeth. A control h... | 07/02/2002 |
| 6354629 | Adjustable length sport pole and coupling mechanism An adjustable length sport pole and coupling mechanism is shown and described. In one embodiment, the sport pole has a first pole assembly having a first pole and a sleeve, a second pole slidably received within the first pole assembly and a locking assem... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6345843 | Snow board with collapsible ski poles and holders for same A snow board is fitted with mounts to hold collapsible ski poles which allow the snow boarder to propel himself along level areas of snow, or to traverse uphill. When the user is going down-hill, the ski poles are collapsed into a compact configuration, a... | 02/12/2002 |
| 6273112 | Extendable stick An extendable stick having an outer pipe, an inner pipe, a core bar fixed on the outer pipe, a zigzag chain having a first portion and a second portion, an unlocking pipe, an unlocking member attached to one end of the unlocking pipe, an unlocking pin, an... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6250839 | Length-adjustable tube, specially for ski poles or walking sticks The present invention relates to a length-adjustable tube for ski poles or walking sticks, comprising on outer tube and a telescopically foldable inner tube which be inserted into the outer tube to adjust the length of the tube. Also included, is a expans... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6217072 | Snowboard pole system A snowboard pole system that includes a collapsible pole and a body-mountable receiver therefor. The pole includes a user-grippable region and a snow-engaging region and selectively extends between a collapsed position and an extended position. The receiv... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6217073 | Collapsible snow pole An extendable and retractable snow pole which is particularly useful by snowboarders. In the retracted position the pole is adapted to be mounted on the snowboard between the front and rear bindings. In the extended position the pole is adapted to be grip... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6142527 | Ski or walking stick with adjustable handle 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... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6142526 | Speed control pole for in-line skating The present invention relates to a speed control pole to be used by a skater. The speed control pole has an elongated shaft with an upper end and a lower end, a roller/wheel mounted to the lower end of the shaft, a braking mechanism for contacting the rol... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6003915 | Avalanche shovel An improved snow shovel with a telescoping handle comprised of a plurality of tubular elements, the outermost element having a grip at one end and the innermost element having a tip at the opposite end; a detaching blade, and a permanently mountable secon... | 12/21/1999 |
| 5941435 | Collapsible, quick-release snowboarding pole with leg mounting system A single, telescoping, collapsible, quick-release snowboarding pole with leg mounting system includes a telescoping, collapsible pole and leg mounting assemblies, to secure the pole, in the collapsed position, to the lower leg of an individual, such as a ... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5766708 | Ski poles for skiers made of material having high resistance and inherently fragile The ski pole is made of a material having high resistance and being inherently fragile and it is provided, corresponding to the interior or exterior part with at least one structure which extends substantially along the entire length of the ski pole, the ... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5651565 | Adjustable length ski pole A locking structure for two telescoping tubular members is provided with an outer tube member and an inner tube member slidable inside the outer tube member. An expansion member is located within the outer tube member. The expansion member contains at lea... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5538354 | Telescoping tubular assembly A locking device for mutually locking two adjacent sections of a telescoping tubular assembly. An axial extension (7) on one of the tubular sections (2) supports an expandable ring (10) received in the other tubular section (1). A nut (17) is non-rotatabl... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5478117 | Adjustable length ski pol/clamp An adjustable length ski pole includes two telescopically fitted together ski pole halves, and a clamp disposed about the joint between the two pole halves. The clamp includes a resilient tubular member having an annular sidewall which defines a cylindric... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5470108 | Ski pole grip assembly A ski pole assembly and a ski pole and ski glove combination. The grip includes a central core member of a relatively hard low friction material and an outer sheath member of a relatively soft high friction material. The core member includes raised pads p... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5458427 | Telescopic tubular splined assembly The present invention concerns telescopic tubular assemblies comprising a plurality of successive tubular sections sliding one inside the other between a retracted position and a deployed position. One non-limiting example of such assemblies is a ski stic... | 10/17/1995 |
| 5441307 | Adjustable length ski pole/clamp An adjustable length ski pole includes two telescopically fitted together ski pole halves, and a clamp disposed about the joint between the two pole halves. The clamp includes a resilient tubular member having an annular sidewall which defines a cylindric... | 08/15/1995 |
| 5370407 | Skate baton apparatus A baton structure having first and second cylindrical housings arranged for securement relative to one another are provided, wherein each of the first and second housings include housing tubes and rods arranged for telescoping extension and locking relati... | 12/06/1994 |
| 5139283 | Adjustable and foldable ski pole This invention discloses an adjustable and foldable ski pole which comprises two pole sections hinged together to be foldable into a uniquely convenient compact structure that can be carried safely and easily and can be easily stored in a car, boot bag or... | 08/18/1992 |
| 5139284 | Ski pole A ski stick or ski pole which includes a main part composed of a shaft and a thinner ferrule part, with a transition between the main shaft and the thinner ferrule part being threaded with an outer diameter which is substantially smaller than the shaft of... | 08/18/1992 |
| 4793627 | Ski handles convertible to standard ski poles A paired, sporting, ski-steering device for use with a pair of skis with the skier's feet locked in position by standard ski bindings, providing the skier with an upright handlebar for each ski, both skis being totally independent from one another. The ha... | 12/27/1988 |
| 4596405 | Adjustable length pole An adjustable length pole is provided including first and second pole members having slidingly telescopingly engaged inner and outer adjacent ends, respectively. Connecting structure is provided connecting the ends for longitudinal adjustment between pred... | 06/24/1986 |
