The invention relates to a pole, such as a Nordic walking pole, at the lower free end of which a tip body is provided, which has an end attachment, which is closed at the bottom and which has a central accommodating opening for accommodating a bottommost tube segment of the pole body. Furthermore, the tip body has an outer circumferential elastic elastomer spring element, which is connected axially above an upper end of the end attachment and which reaches around the bottommost tube segment of the pole body or a middle axial segment of the insertion element at least partially in the circumferential direction and which damps an axial relative motion of the bottommost tube segment of the pole body and/or of the insertion element in relation to the end attachment when an axial force is applied.

A fold-out accessory rest is for securement to a trekking or ski pole or tripod leg in a folded-up position and then easily deployed by unfolding the rest for supporting a firearm, scope, camera, or other accessory. The rest includes a rest body for mounting on a pole/leg, a strap-supporting flap rotatably connected at its lower end near a lower part of the rest body, and a rest-strap rotatably connected at a proximal end near the rest-body's middle part and at a distal end to the distal end of the strap-supporting flap. When the rest-body is deployed in its folded-out position, a firearm barrel or forestock or camera telephoto lens or other accessory may be laid upon the rest-body to steady the accessory for use.

A folding pole (1) having four or five tubular portions (7-9), wherein, in assembled state, the tubular portions (7-9) are connected to one another by plug-in connections and oriented along the pole axis (32), and, when the pole is folded up, at least two or three tubular portions (8, 8′, 9) are connected only by a movable connecting element (16). The folding pole is characterized in that a conical closure plug (18) having an axial through-opening (64) is releasably inserted, preferably screwed, into the plug region (49, 17″) of the plug-in connections, and closes off the latter with respect to the following tubular portion, and wherein each of these conical closure plugs (18) has an axial slit (63) through which the pull cable (16) can be introduced into the through-opening (64) in the radial direction.

A fitness pole system having first and second fitness poles, where each of the poles includes an elongated shaft having a first end grip portion coupled to a first terminal end region, a second end grip portion coupled to a second terminal end region, and an intermediate grip portion coupled to an intermediate region of the shaft and disposed between the first and second end grip portions. Each of the first and second end grip portions includes a user grip portion coupled to a respective terminal end region of the shaft, and a ground contacting portion coupled to a respective terminal end face of the shaft. The ground contacting portion has a main body having a bulbous contacting portion and an attachment member extending outwardly from a bottom surface of the contacting region. The attachment member can be coupled to the respective terminal end face of the shaft.

The present disclosure presents a multi-purpose pole grip design in a generally conical shape to resist a user's hand from sliding off it while under axial loading. The present disclosure provides a more ergonomic and comfortable handle that requires less grip strength thus making it a prime design for poles used in sports like skiing and hiking and general walking sticks, including canes.

The invention relates to a hand-retaining device (70) for securing to a pole handle (1), comprising an insert opening (71) for the hand, a first exit opening (72) for the hack of the hand, and a second exit opening (73) for the thumb. The hand-retaining device according to the invention further has a first elastic strip (74) which is led between the thumb and the other fingers and on which a coupling element (79) is provided that can be secured in or on the pole handle in a removable mechanism in a self-latching manner. The invention further relates to a pole handle to which the handle loop according to the invention can be optimally secured.

A mechanism is described for facilitating a smart hybrid selfie cane. An apparatus of embodiments, as described herein, includes a hybrid selfie cane to serve as at least one of a selfie stick and a cane, wherein the hybrid selfie cane includes the selfie stick coupled to the cane.

A walking stick that takes inspiration from nature to absorb energy in the downward first motion of a walking stride and then return the stored energy to aid in propelling the walker forward in the final forward motion of the walking stride all the while keeping the walker in an ergonomically correct position which minimizes discomfort and reduces wasted energy. The walking stick that is the subject of this patent application utilizes a dual flexure spring configured in an S-shape (hereafter referred to as an S-flexure spring) as an extension of the straight shaft of the stick. The shape and location of the S-flexure spring are such that the spring force helps propel the walker forward.

A pole handle (1), for walking sticks and the like, having a handle body (3) and a hook-like device (14) for fastening a hand strap or of a glove. A displaceable latch-in structure (7) is arranged in the region of the hook-like device (14) such that a eyelet-form device (42), which is provided on the hand strap or glove and is pushed into the hook-like device (14) essentially from above, is fixed in the hook-like device (14) with self-latching action. The pole handle (1) does not have any structure that can displace or free the latch-in structure (7), such that an eyelet-form device (42) pushed into the hook-like device (14) can be removed from a confined region (15) in a force-free manner or counter to a relatively low force, the hand strap or glove being separated from the pole handle (1) in the process.

A pole handle having a central receiving area that receives a loop fastening element with a hand loop, which is secured to the loop fastening element and has an adjustable size. The loop fastening element and the hand loop is secured to the loop fastening element to form a modular unit which is formed separately from a core of the pole handle and which is secured to the core of the pole handle in a reversibly tiltable manner about a rotational axis in the pole handle. The loop fastening element can be tilted from a rest position, in which the loop fastening element is integrated into the surface contour of the handle head and in which the size of the hand loop cannot be adjusted, upwards about the rotational axis into an adjustment position, in which the size of the hand loop can be adjusted.