Patent ReferencesShock-absorbing ski pole grip Patent #: 4061347 InventorApplicationNo. 06/165186 filed on 07/01/1980US Classes:280/821, Hand grip135/65, CANES, STICKS, CRUTCHES, AND WALKING AIDS135/82, Shock absorbing280/819Ski poleExaminersPrimary: Peters, Joseph F. Jr.Assistant: Smith, Milton L. International ClassesA63C 11/00 (20060101)A63C 11/22 (20060101) Foreign Application Priority Data1979-07-06 DEAbstractA ski stick for use in particular in cross country skiing and having a sprung ski stick handle, which is fixed on the top end of a ski stick tube. The ski stick handle body is movable on the ski stick tube against a spring means arranged between the ski stick handle body and the ski stick tube in the direction of the ski stick tip.The ski stick handle is designed in such a way that the spring means which are arranged on the top ski stick handle fixing means, are resiliently stretchable rubber or plastic cords which run through the ski stick handle body toward the ski stick tip and are joined to the ski stick handle body at the bottom end thereof. | |