POLE HANDLE WITH HANDLE LOOP

Abstract

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.

Claims

1-15. (canceled)

16. A hand-retaining device for fastening on a pole handle, said hand-retaining device comprising: an insertion opening for the hand, a first exit opening for the back of the hand and a second exit opening for the thumb, wherein the hand-retaining device also comprises a first strip which is guided between the thumb and the other fingers and on which is provided a coupling element which can be fastened in a releasable mechanism in a self-locking manner in or on the pole handle, wherein the first strip is realized in an elastic manner at least in regions on the exterior hand surface side of the coupling element.

17. The hand-retaining device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first strip is a strip which is fastened on the hand-retaining device and is formed from an elastic or flexible, in a first region on the side of the exterior surface of the hand, and is formed from a non-elastic material on the side of the interior surface of the hand.

18. The hand-retaining device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first strip connects the region of the hand-retaining device on the side of the exterior surface of the hand and a region of the hand-retaining device on the side of the interior surface of the hand and is fastened on the hand-retaining device on a first end of the first strip and on a second end of the first strip.

19. The hand-retaining device as claimed in claim 16, wherein in a region of the hand-retaining device on the side of the exterior surface of the hand, the hand-retaining device is realized at least in part in multiple layers.

20. The hand-retaining device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first strip is fastened close to the insertion opening for the hand on the region of the hand-retaining device on the side of the exterior surface of the hand, and/or in that the first strip is fastened, on the hand-retaining device on its second end on the side of the interior surface of the hand.

21. The hand-retaining device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the coupling element is realized as a toothed rigid element, a hook-like device or a strap or eye.

22. The hand-retaining device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the hand-retaining device comprises a variably securable first fastening device in the region between the insertion opening and the first exit opening.

23. A pole handle for a pole, said pole handle comprising: a handle body, and a handle head with a hook-like device for the fastening of a hand-retaining device, wherein the hook-like device is fastened on a separate locking module or forms part thereof, wherein the locking module is insertable into a recess which is accessible from one hand side and/or from above, and is fastenable in and/or on the handle head, and wherein locking means which are displaceable or rotatable in and/or on the locking module are arranged in such a manner that a strap-shaped, ring-shaped or eye-shaped device, which is essentially pushed from above into the hook-like device and is provided on the hand-retaining device, is fixed in a self-locking manner in the hook-like device and on the locking module.

24. The pole handle as claimed in claim 23, wherein the locking module is fastened on the handle head by means of at least one first cross pin, which is arranged transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the pole handle.

25. The pole handle as claimed in claim 23, wherein the locking module comprises a displaceably and/or rotatably mounted latching block, on or in which latching means are arranged.

26. The pole handle as claimed in 23, wherein the actuating element is developed at least partially so as to form a contour on a top surface of the handle head and/or on a hand side directed to the hand-retaining device, wherein a top surface of the actuating element on the top surface of the handle head in a rest position is integrated at least in part or almost completely in an outside contour of the handle head, which extends in a substantially semicircular or arcuate manner from a tip of the handle head up to a boundary between the handle head and the handle body on a hand side of the handle head.

27. The pole handle as claimed in claim 23, wherein the locking module has an axial spiral spring which is arranged in a cavity of the handle body and is tensioned downward for emergency release and the tension of which is able to be adjusted.

28. The pole handle as claimed in claim 23, wherein the latching means are realized in the form of a retaining lug, which, in a position tensioned downward against the hook-like device, defines a region for the strap-shaped, ring-shaped or eye-shaped device which is restricted against a force.

29. The pole handle as claimed in claim 23, wherein the locking module comprises a fixing element, on which the hook-like device is arranged, and comprises a latching block on which the latching means are arranged and which is mounted downward in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the pole handle in the handle body by means of an anchoring element, and comprises a rotatable and/or tiltable actuating element which is realized for releasing the self-locking, wherein the latching block and the actuating element are engaged around by the fixing element and/or are received at least in part in the fixing element.

30. The pole handle as claimed in claim 23 having a hand-retaining device for fastening on a pole handle, said hand-retaining device comprising: an insertion opening for the hand, a first exit opening for the back of the hand, and a second exit opening for a thumb, wherein the hand-retaining device also comprises a first strip which is guided between the thumb and other fingers and on which is provided a coupling element which can be fastened in a releasable mechanism in a self-locking manner in or on the pole handle, wherein the first strip is realized in an elastic manner at least in regions on the exterior hand surface side of the coupling element.

31. A hand-retaining device as claimed in claim 16 for fastening on a pole handle for a pole, comprising at least one of a ski pole, a Nordic walking pole, a cross-country pole or a hiking pole, said pole handle comprising: a handle body, and a handle head with a hook-like device for the fastening of a hand-retaining device, wherein the hook-like device is fastened on a separate locking module or forms part thereof, wherein the locking module is insertable into a recess which is accessible from one hand side and/or from above, and is fastenable in and/or on the handle head, wherein locking means which are displaceable or rotatable in and/or on the locking module are arranged in such a manner that a strap-shaped, ring-shaped or eye-shaped device, which is essentially pushed from above into the hook-like device and is provided on the hand-retaining device, is fixed in a self-locking manner in the hook-like device and on the locking module.

32. The hand-retaining device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first strip is a strip which is fastened on the hand-retaining device and is formed from a rubber-elastic material in a first region on the side of the exterior surface of the hand, and is formed from a non-elastic material on the side of the interior surface of the hand.

33. The hand-retaining device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first strip connects the region of the hand-retaining device on the side of the exterior surface of the hand and a region of the hand-retaining device on the side of the interior surface of the hand and is sewn, on the hand-retaining device on a first end of the first strip and on a second end of the first strip, wherein the first strip, in a region between its fastening in the region of the hand-retaining device on the side of the exterior surface of the hand on its first end and its fastening in the region of the hand-retaining device on the side of the interior surface of the hand on its second end, is not fastened on the hand-retaining device at least in a region of the coupling element, and wherein the hand-retaining device, between the thumb and the other fingers, comprises a second strip which connects a region of the hand-retaining device on the side of the exterior surface of the hand and a region of the hand-retaining device on the side of the interior surface of the hand in one piece, and wherein the first strip overlaps the second strip thereby forming a space.

34. The hand-retaining device as claimed in claim 16, wherein in a region of the hand-retaining device on the side of the exterior surface of the hand, the hand-retaining device is realized at least in part in multiple layers, wherein the first strip is sewn, on the hand-retaining device on its first end on the side of the exterior surface of the hand between a first material layer and a second material layer.

35. The hand-retaining device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the first strip is fastened close to the insertion opening for the hand on the region of the hand-retaining device on the side of the exterior surface of the hand, at a maximum distance of between 0.5 and 3 cm from the insertion opening for the hand, and/or in that the first strip is sewn, on the hand-retaining device on its second end on the side of the interior surface of the hand.

36. The hand-retaining device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the coupling element is realized as a toothed rigid element, a hook-like device or a flexible strap or eye, wherein the coupling element is realized as a flexible strap or eye, essentially produced from a low-stretch, where applicable plaited material, or from a braided or coated wire-like material.

37. A pole handle for a ski pole, a Nordic walking pole, a cross-country pole or a hiking pole, said pole handle comprising: a handle body, and a handle head with a hook-like device for the fastening of a hand-retaining device as claimed in claim 16 in the form of a hand strap or a glove, wherein the hook-like device is fastened on a separate locking module or forms part thereof, wherein the locking module is insertable into a recess of the handle head which is accessible in the axial direction from above, and is fastenable in and/or on the handle head, wherein locking means which are displaceable or rotatable in and/or on the locking module are arranged in such a manner that a strap-shaped, ring-shaped or eye-shaped device, which is essentially pushed from above into the hook-like device and is provided on the hand-retaining device, is fixed in a self-locking manner in the hook-like device and on the locking module.

38. The pole handle as claimed in claim 23, wherein the locking module is fastened on the handle head by means of at least one first cross pin, which is arranged transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis of the pole handle, additionally by means of a second cross pin, wherein at least one of the cross pins serves at the same time for fastening a cover on the handle head.

39. The pole handle as claimed in claim 23, wherein the locking module comprises a displaceably and/or rotatably mounted latching block, on or in which latching means are arranged, wherein the locking module additionally comprises an actuating element which is fastened on the latching block and can be tilted against spring force by releasing the self-locking from the outside.

40. The pole handle as claimed in claim 23, wherein the actuating element is developed at least partially so as to form a contour on a top surface of the handle head and/or on a hand side (H) directed to the hand-retaining device, wherein a top surface of the actuating element on the top surface of the handle head in a rest position, and also during an actuating movement of the actuating element, is integrated at least in part or almost completely in an outside contour of the handle head, which extends in a substantially semicircular or arcuate manner from a tip of the handle head up to a boundary between the handle head and the handle body on a hand side (H) of the handle head .

41. The pole handle as claimed in claim 23, wherein the locking module has an axial spiral spring which is arranged in a cavity of the handle body and is tensioned downward for emergency release and the tension of which is able to be adjusted by means of an adjusting nut.

42. The pole handle as claimed in claim 23, wherein the latching means are realized in the form of a retaining lug, which has a beveled flank in the insertion direction upward and which, in a position tensioned downward against the hook-like device, defines a region for the strap-shaped, ring-shaped or eye-shaped device which is restricted against a force, which adjustable, wherein the retaining lug is mounted so as to be displaceable, wherein displacement, thereby releasing the restricted region, against a defined and adjustable force, is possible upward, and wherein the force is ensured by means of a spring or a resilient element.

43. The pole handle as claimed in claim 23, wherein the locking module comprises a fixing element, on which the hook-like device is arranged, and comprises a latching block on which the latching means are arranged and which is mounted downward in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the pole handle in the handle body by means of an anchoring element, and comprises a rotatable and/or tiltable actuating element which is realized for releasing the self-locking, wherein the latching block and the actuating element are engaged around by the fixing element and/or are received at least in part in the fixing element.

44. A pole, having a pole handle as claimed in claim 23, and having a hand-retaining device which is fastenable on the pole handle, said hand-retaining device comprising: an insertion opening for the hand, a first exit opening for the back of the hand and a second exit opening for the thumb, wherein the hand-retaining device also comprises a first strip which is guided between the thumb and the other fingers and on which is provided a coupling element which can be fastened in a releasable mechanism in a self-locking manner in or on the pole handle, wherein the first strip is realized in an elastic manner at least in regions on the exterior hand surface side of the coupling element.

45. The pole as claimed in claim 44 which is a ski pole, a Nordic walking pole, a cross-country pole or a hiking pole.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

[0031] Preferred embodiments of the invention are described below by way of the drawings which serve purely for explanation and are not to be seen as restricting, in which:

[0032] FIG. 1 shows two perspective views of a schematic representation of a pole handle according to the invention;

[0033] FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the schematic representation of FIG. 1a, the locking module having been removed from the handle head;

[0034] FIG. 3 shows a schematic view of a locking module according to a preferred embodiment;

[0035] FIG. 4 shows an exploded drawing of a pole handle with a locking module according to a preferred embodiment;

[0036] FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of a schematic representation of a hand-retaining device according to a preferred embodiment of the invention;

[0037] FIG. 6 shows a top view of a schematic representation of the hand-retaining device of FIG. 5;

[0038] FIG. 7 shows a schematic representation of a user hand engaging around a pole handle having a hand strap according to FIG. 5, coupled to the pole handle;

[0039] FIG. 8 shows a schematic representation of a user hand with a hand strap according to FIG. 5 coupled on a pole handle, wherein the user hand is either introducing or releasing the engaging-around position of the pole handle; and

[0040] FIG. 9 shows a schematic representation of a user hand with a hand strap according to FIG. 5 coupled on a pole handle, wherein the user hand has assumed the top engaging-around position of the pole handle (with the thumb stretched out for the purpose of making the form of the first strip visible).

DESCRIPTION OF PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

[0041] FIGS. 1a.) and 1b.) show a schematic representation of a pole handle according to a first exemplary embodiment of the invention.

[0042] The pole handle 1 shown comprises a longitudinal axis 56, a handle body 3 with a front pole handle region 3a pointing in a running direction or movement direction B and a rear pole handle region 3b which is aligned in the opposite direction to the running direction. The pole handle 1 or the handle body 3 thereof has, from below, a central recess or a cavity 5, which is arranged along the or substantially parallel to the pole handle longitudinal axis 56 (not shown in the figure) and into which the pole, which is formed, for example, from an aluminum or carbon or glass-fiber tube, can be inserted and fastened therein. The pole handle shown in FIG. 1 is shown without a pole tube inserted therein from below.

[0043] The pole handle 1 additionally comprises an arched handle head 2 which connects to the top of the handle body 3. The handle head 2 comprises a handle nose with a tip 65 or is formed in part by a handle nose which merges substantially in a shoulderless manner into the top region of the handle body in the front pole handle region 3a. The handle lug in the front pole handle region 3a is realized in a protrusion projecting beyond the handle body region in the running direction B. The handle head 2 has a recess 4, which is open upward and toward the user hand or toward the hand side H and in which a locking module 6 is arranged. The locking module 6 is shown in detail in FIG. 3, and the individual parts thereof in FIG. 4. The entire locking module 6 is held in the pole handle 1 in the upwardly open recess 4. The locking module 6 according to the preferred exemplary embodiment shown has substantially four main elements: a latching block 20 with an anchoring element 57, an actuating element 9 and a fixing element 15.

[0044] It can be seen in FIG. 4 that a support surface 63, which has a bore 58 into which the locking module 6 is inserted, is arranged in the transition region from the handle head 2 to the handle body 3. The locking module is consequently held in the handle body 3 by means of the anchoring element 57. The bore can be realized as a through-bore 58 which connects the cavity or the recess 4 of the handle head 2 to the above-described cavity in the handle body 3, which is suitable for receiving a pole tube from below.

[0045] In the preferred exemplary embodiment shown, the latching block 20, the anchoring element 57 and the actuating element 9 are all held by the fixing element 15. The fixing element 15 is realized in regions in a shell-shaped manner. It comprises a first leg 7 and a second leg 8 which form a shell-shaped region, as well as a web 13 which connects the legs 7, 8 of the fixing element 15 to a hook-shaped device 14 that is realized as a retaining mandrel. In this case, the two legs 7, 8 enclose the two side walls 20a, 20b of the latching block 20. The retaining mandrel 14 in said exemplary embodiment is connected in one piece to the shell-shaped region of the fixing element 15. The bottom surface of the fixing element 15 forms a bottom 64 which serves for supporting the fixing element 15 or the entire locking module 6 on the support surface 63 in the transition region between the handle head 2 and the handle body 3.

[0046] A retaining pin 31, which projects through the bore 58 into the cavity of the handle body 3, is attached on the locking module 6 over an axis 56. The retaining pin 31 has an eye 32 on the top side for the rotatable fastening on the locking module 6 with the axis 33. For fastening the anchoring element 57 on the latching block 20, the anchoring element 57 with its eye 32 is introduced from below into a recess 60 of the latching block 20 which is flanked by two small legs in the bottom region of the latching block 20. Said legs comprise one through-bore 61b each which is suitable to receive a pin 34 along an axis 33, the pin 34, for the purposes of fastening the anchoring element 57, penetrating the respective bore 61 of the legs of the latching block 20, and in between the eye 32 of the anchoring element 57.

[0047] On its bottom end, the retaining pin 31 is provided with a thread. The retaining pin 31, or rather the entire locking module 6 fastened thereon by means of the latching block 20, is tensioned downward with the aid of a stop element 29, which abuts against the top cover of the cavity or against the bottom surface of the support surface 63, with a spiral spring 28 by means of an adjusting nut 30, which is screwed onto the thread of the retaining pin 31 from below. At one end the spiral spring 28 rests from below on the top stop element 29 on a correspondingly provided shoulder, and at the other end from above on the bottom stop element 40.

[0048] A latching pin 10, which serves for the automatic latching of the coupling element 79, for example in the form of a strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device, is arranged in the locking module 6, or in the latching block 20 forming part of the locking module 6. The latching pin 10 is arranged substantially horizontally with respect to the longitudinal axis 56. It is mounted in the locking module 6 in a recess or bore 54 specifically provided for this purpose so as to be displaceable along an axis 88, the latching pin 10 being tensioned against the retaining mandrel 14 by means of a spiral spring 35. The latching pin 10 has a retaining lug 11 which, in a preferred manner, is beveled from above and is realized substantially horizontally at the bottom such that, for example, a strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device 79 inserted from above, displaces the latching pin 10 rearward against the spring tension of the spiral spring 35 and the strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device 79 is captive under the latching pin 10 in the latching region 59. The latching pin 10 comprises a (through-)bore 62 which extends horizontally with respect to the pin axis 88 and through which a cross pin/guide pin 39 is inserted in order to guide the latching pin 10 inside an elongate hole 41 in the interior of the latching block 20.

[0049] The locking module 6 has an actuating element 9 with a release button 37 on the top surface 68. In the present exemplary embodiment, said release button 37 is connected in one piece to the actuating element 9 or to the wings 9a, 9b thereof. The latching block 20, or the side walls 20a, 20b thereof, are surrounded from above and behind, i.e. when viewed from the retaining mandrel 14, by the two wings 9a, 9b of the actuating element 9. The portion of the latching block 20 which is directed rearward (toward the retaining mandrel 14 or toward the hand) and comprises the recess 54 for the latching pin 10 is inserted, in this case, from below into a recess 27 of the actuating element 9. The recess 27 is realized as a result of the realization of the wings 9a, 9b of the actuating element 9 in the manner of an inverted U-shape. The latching block 20 additionally comprises a top shoulder 21, the width of which is greater than the length of the through-bore 26, measured in a direction horizontally to the longitudinal axis 56. Said shoulder 21 rests on the top of a back 89 of the actuating element 9. The great advantage of said design is that the projections or wings 9a, 9b of the actuating element 9 are positioned in an ideal manner for the actuation of the desired release, however an unwanted release is nevertheless able to be avoided completely.

[0050] If the strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device 79 pushed over the retaining mandrel 14 is to be released from the latching region 59 under normal conditions, a release button 37 is provided for this purpose on the top surface 68 in the locking module 6 or on the actuating element 9. A rotational axis 38 is arranged horizontally and transversely with respect to the direction of the latching pin 10 in the locking module 6. The actuating element 9 forming the release button 37 is mounted inside the locking module 6 so as to be tiltable about said rotational axis 38 (anti-clockwise in FIGS. 1a and 3, clockwise in FIGS. 7 and 8). In addition, a guide pin 39 is also arranged transversely to the latching pin 10 and horizontally in a bore 62 of the latching pin 10. Said guide pin 39 is also mounted in the actuating element 9. To this end, the wings 9a, 9b of the actuating element 9 comprise one elongate hole 51a, 51b each, in which the guide pin 39 engages.

[0051] With the actuating element 9 in a rest position, the guide pin 39 rests at the bottommost end of the respective elongate hole 51a, 51b, and during the rotational movement D of the actuating element 9 in the running direction B is pushed upward at an angle. The respective elongate hole 51a, 51b comprises to this end a direction of movement which is arranged angled downward in relation to that of the elongate hole 41 in the latching block 20. Thus, the rotational movement D of the actuating element 9 is converted into a displacement movement of the latching pin 10 along the axis 88 substantially in the running direction B: If the release button 37, which in the present exemplary embodiment is realized in one piece with the lateral projections or wings 9a, 9b, is pressed downward, for example by the thumb of the hand gripping the pole, the actuating element 9 tilts slightly downward as one unit and as a result, when rotating about the rotational axis 38 (in arrow direction D in FIG. 3), pushes the latching pin 10 inward by means of the guide pin 39 against the spring force of the spiral spring 35, consequently releasing the latching region 59 upward and as a result also a strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device or a coupling element 79 which is captive therein.

[0052] The latching block 20 is consequently held in the actuating element 9 by two pins: on the one side by the axial pin 19 which is arranged along the rotational axis 24 of the locking module 6 and also at the same time connects the latching block 20 and the actuating element 9 to the respective leg 7, 8 of the fixing element 15, and secondly by the guide pin 39 which, when viewed from inside to outside, connects the latching pin 10 to the latching block 20 and then to the actuating element 9.

[0053] On a top region, the latching block 20 comprises a through-bore 26 which is arranged horizontally with respect to the longitudinal axis 56 of the pole handle 2 and is suitable to receive an axial pin 19 along a rotational axis 24. The axial pin 19, in this case,—when viewed from inside to outside-first of all penetrates said bore 26 in the latching block 20, then two bores 43a, 43b in the respective wings 9a, 9b of the actuating element 9, as well as the respective bore 42a, 42b of the respective above-described legs 7, 8 of the fixing element or of the fixing shell 15. As a result, the actuating element 9 rotates about the rotational axis 38 on the latching block 20. During the rotational movement of the actuating element 9, only the actuating element 9 and the latching pin 10, and the spiral spring 35 thereof, move in the locking module 6, not, however, the latching block 20 itself or the fixing element 15. When the locking module 6 is inserted in the handle head 2, the through-bore 26 in the latching block 20, the bores 43b in the fastening element 9, the bores 42a, 42b in the fixing element 15 extend coaxially to one another along the axis 24, along with the axial pin 19 which is inserted therein and connects the fastening element 9, the latching block 20 and the fixing element 15 to the handle head 2.

[0054] By inserting the locking module 6 into the recess 4 of the handle head 2, the retaining mandrel 14 is embedded optimally in the outside contour of the pole handle 1. Nevertheless, there is still an ideal insertion opening from above for an eye/strap 79, as shown in FIGS. 7 and 8. The contour of the actuating element 9 is also adapted to the overall curvature of the handle head 2 in the rest state and during the rotating/tilting movement about the rotational axis 38. The actuating element 9 is developed at least in part so as form the contour on a top surface 67 of the handle head 2 and on the hand side H that is directed to the hand-retaining device 70, a top surface 68 of the actuating element 9 on the top surface 67 of the handle head 2 being almost completely integrated in an outside contour of the handle head 2 in a rest position and also during an actuating movement of the actuating element 9. The outside contour of the handle head 2, in this case, extends in a substantially arcuate manner from a tip 65 of the handle head 2 up to a boundary 69 on the hand side between the handle head 2 and the handle body 3.

[0055] In addition, the locking module 6 is fastened on the handle head 2 along an axis 44 transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis 56 of the pole handle 1 by means of a further cross/fastening pin 45. Said pin engages from outside through a bore 49a or 49b on the outside of the handle head into the recess 4, and then through the bore 47a or 47b in the legs 7 or 8 of the fixing element 15. In the present exemplary embodiment in FIG. 4, the cross pin 45 is shown in two parts with two pin parts 45a, 45b. As an alternative to this, said cross pin 45 can also be realized in one piece and extend from the one outside surface of the handle head through the legs 7, 8 of the fixing element 15, through the recess 4 up to the other outside surface of the handle head again. In said case, the cross pin 45 extends in the shell-shaped region of the fixing element 15 below the bottom surface of the latching block 20 which is inserted into the fixing element, or in a recess of the latching block 20. When the locking module 6 is inserted in the handle head 2, the bores 49a, 49b in the handle head 2, as well as the bores 47a, 47b in the fixing. element 15 extend coaxially to one another, along the axis 44, along with the cross pin 45 which is inserted therein and connects the fixing element 15 to the handle head 2.

[0056] The advantage of the arrangement of said further cross pin 45 is that the torsion forces which are brought about by the tilting of the actuating element 9 about the rotational axis 38 and at all events—in particular in the event of a fall—also by the rotating of the entire locking module 6 about the rotational axis 24, are better absorbed.

[0057] The pole handle 1 according to the exemplary embodiment shown in FIGS. 1, 2 and 4 additionally comprises a cover 12 which can be fastened on the handle head 2 as a separate component. The contour of the cover 12 in its region tapering toward the tip 65 corresponds substantially to the contour of the handle head 2 in its portion facing the pole handle front side 3a. Two legs (not shown), which are integrally molded on the cover 12 by means of a web each, are arranged in the rear region of the cover 12. In the state fitted on the handle head 2, the legs project into the handle head 2, parallel to the pole handle longitudinal axis 56, into the recess 4 of the handle head 2, or between an inner wall which delimits the recess inward and an outer wall of the handle head 2. Each leg comprises a recess, through which the fastening pin 46 is insertable along an axis 38 transversely with respect to the longitudinal axis 56 of the pole handle 1, said pin fastening the cover 6 on the handle head 2 and serving at the same time for the fastening of the locking module 6. When the locking module 6 is inserted in the handle head 2, the bores 50a, 50b in the handle head 2, the bores 48a, 48b in the fixing element 15, the bore 53 in the latching block 20 and the bores 52b in the fastening element 9 extend coaxially to one another, along the axis 38, along with the fastening pin 46 which is inserted therein and connects the fastening element 9, the latching block 20 and the fixing element 15 to the handle head 2.

[0058] In the exemplary embodiment shown, a latching lug (not shown), which, in the fitted state, projects from the front handle head edge into the hollow region of the cover 6 and there latches into a recess or an undercut on the inside surface of the cover 6, is arranged in the front tapering region of the handle head 2. In the exemplary embodiment shown, the inside surface of the cover 6 comprises several struts (not shown). A cutout 25 for the release button 37 of the actuating element 9 is arranged in the rear portion of the cover 6 which, in the mounted state, faces the rear pole handle region 3b, i.e. points in a direction H opposite to the running direction B.

[0059] For mounting the locking module 6, which is produced as an entire unit, it can be inserted from above into the recess 4 in the pole handle 1, the anchoring element 57 provided on the locking module 6 being inserted into the through-bore 58 between the recess 4 and the cavity 5 for the pole tube in the handle body 3. On the retaining pin 31, the anchoring element comprises a top stop element 29, as well as a spiral spring 28 which is pushed over the retaining pin 31, and a bottom stop element 40, which is screwed from below onto the thread of the retaining pin 31, and an adjusting nut 30. The downward spring-elastic retaining force, which is exerted onto the locking module 6 by means of the spiral spring 28, can be adjusted by the adjusting nut 30 being screwed upward more or less. Finally, a fastening pin 46 can be pushed in laterally through the bores 50b, 50c in the handle head 2 along an axis 38.

[0060] When viewed from outside to inside (from both sides of the handle head), the fastening pin 46 penetrates the bores 50a or 50b in the handle body 2, as well as the bores 48a or 48b of the legs 7 or 8 of the fixing element 15, then the two bores 52b of the wings 9a, 9b of the actuating element 9, and then the bore 53 of the latching block 20.

[0061] Between the bores 50a, 50b in the handle head 2 and the bores 48a, 48b in the fixing element 15, the fastening pin 46 additionally penetrates, according to a particularly preferred exemplary embodiment, on each side of the handle head, a bore/recess of a leg of a cover 12 (the legs not being visible in FIG. 4 as they extend along the longitudinal axis 56 of the pole handle 1 between an inside wall of the handle head 2, which delimits the recess 4 inwardly, and an outside wall of the handle head 2).

[0062] The fastening pin 46 consequently serves at the same time for fastening the locking module 6 in the handle head 2 and fastening the cover 12.

[0063] The adjustable emergency release of the entire locking module 6 produced by said design functions as follows: If an excessive force (for example in the case of a fall) is exerted from below namely onto the retaining lug 11 by a strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device 79, the entire locking module 6 is rotated about the rotational axis 24, (in the representation of FIG. 1a.) or FIG. 3 clockwise, in FIGS. 7, 8 anticlockwise). This continues until the latching region 59 is released or until the coupling element in the form of a strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device 79 is released from the retaining mandrel 14.

[0064] FIGS. 5 and 6 show a hand-retaining device 70 in the form of a hand strap which can be fastened for fastening on a pole handle 1 according to FIGS. 1- 4, as described above. The hand-retaining device 70 should be fastened in such a manner on the hand-retaining device that the forces occurring when the pole is in use are distributed well onto the hand. To this end, it requires a hand strap which is not only placed loosely around the hand or the wrist but which is fixedly connected to the hand. In this case, it is possible to consider as the hand-retaining device 70 a hand strap which is worn by over a glove or over the bare hands and which has a strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device 79.

[0065] The hand strap 70 according to the exemplary embodiment shown comprises an insertion opening 71 for the hand, a first exit opening 72 for the back of the hand and a second exit opening 73 for the thumb.

[0066] The hand strap 70 is fastened on a pole handle 1 of the pole at least indirectly by means of a first strip 74 which is guided between the thumb and the other fingers.

[0067] The head region of the pole handle 1 shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 is formed such that it comprises a retaining mandrel 14 which, by means of a slot in the handle body 2 or, in the event of the pole handle according to the invention according to FIGS. 1-4, by forming a latching region 59, forms part of the locking module 6 of the pole handle 1. A strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device 79 of the hand strap 70 which is inserted into said latching region 59 is able to be fixed in a self-locking manner on the retaining mandrel 14 in the latching region 59 and can be removed again out of the latching region 59 by actuating the release button 37.

[0068] The actual hand-retaining device 70, which is realized as a hand strap 70 in the present exemplary embodiment in FIGS. 5-9, can be fixed and fastened on the hand of the user. To this end, the hand strap has three openings, namely an insertion opening 71 in the hand strap for inserting the hand, a first exit opening 72 for the back of the hand and a second thumb opening 73 which, as a rule, is developed as the smallest exit opening. In FIG. 5, the second exit opening 73 of the hand strap for the thumb faces the observer and the first exit opening 72 for the back of the hand is remote from the observer. The hand strap shown is consequently a hand strap for the right hand. The hand strap therefore has a strip-like region which is composed of the region 76 on the side of the exterior surface of the hand which is arranged on the back of the hand between the thumb and the fingers, which merges in one piece into the strip 75 between the thumb and the fingers, and which then merges into the region 77 on the side of the interior surface of the hand which comes to rest on the inside surface of the hand. Said regions 75, 76 and 77 are provided in a preferred manner on their inside surface with a textile or elastomer foam material insert, i.e. a textile layer is either sewn or bonded with the actual carrier material which, in the majority of cases, is non-elastic and, for example, can consist of a woven plastics material.

[0069] Said strip then has at least one variable connecting region. The variable region is the region between the opening 72 for the back of the hand and the insertion opening 71 for the hand. In said region, a first Velcro strip 82 is provided for adjusting and fastening the hand strap on the hand. In the present exemplary embodiment, said Velcro strip is a webbing on the outside surface of which two complementary Velcro regions are mounted, a first Velcro region in the end region and a second Velcro region of complementary type in the region in which said first Velcro strip 82 is sewn to the hand strap. The free end of the fastening strip 82 is guided through a feed-through stirrup 84. The loose end of said fastening strip 82 in the non-fastened state typically has a retaining aid 82a which can be realized, for example, by a hemmed turnover of the webbing. Said retaining aid also serves for the purpose of preventing to a large extent the fastening strip 82 from unintentionally sliding through the feed-through stirrup 84. The fastening strip 82 can be placed around said feed-through stirrup 84 for fastening the hand strap on the hand, the first Velcro region coming to rest on the second Velcro region and it thus being possible to adjust in a fixed lasting manner the distance between the regions 85 and 86 (two ends of the hand strap), in dependence on the size of the hand and in dependence on whether the user wears gloves or not.

[0070] In the hand-retaining device according to the invention, a coupling device 79, which is realized as a strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device, is fastened on a first strip 74 for fastening the hand-retaining device on a pole handle. Said first strip 74 overlaps a second strip 75 which, as mentioned above, is guided between the thumb and the fingers and, in the present exemplary embodiment, is connected in one piece to the region 76 on the side of the exterior surface of the hand and to the region 77 on the side of the interior surface of the hand of the hand-retaining device 70. Said first strip 74 is realized in part in an elastic manner. In the exemplary embodiment shown in FIG. 5, said first strip 74 is developed in portions as an elastic band, in the regions 74a, 74c between the coupling device 79 and the fastening 66 of the first strip 74 on the region 76 of the hand-retaining device 70 on the side of the exterior surface of the hand. In this case, the elastic band is reinforced by a webbing portion in the region 74c which is closest to the coupling element 79 on the side of the exterior surface of the hand. The first strip is realized as webbing in the region 77 of the hand strap 70 on the side of the interior surface of the hand. It is sewn onto the hand-retaining device in the region 77 on the side of the interior surface of the hand and then extends in the region in which the first strip 74 overlaps the second strip 75 which is guided between the thumb and the fingers, spaced from the second strip 75 as far as up to the coupling element 79 and beyond until it overlaps the elastic band. There it is then sewn on the elastic band in an overlapping region or reinforcement region 74c. The webbing, in the present exemplary embodiment, is even doubled such that in the region of the coupling element 79 a webbing portion extends through the strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device 79 and overlaps the elastic band on its top surface, whilst a second webbing portion is sewn in the region 77 on the side of the interior surface of the hand at the bottom on the first webbing portion, and extends in the region of the coupling element 79 through below the strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device 79 and overlaps the elastic band on its bottom side. In the present exemplary embodiment, the reinforced region of the first strip 74 is consequently realized with three layers, the elastic band coming to rest between two webbing portions and the three layers being sewn together. The strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device 79 is held between two webbing layers and in the present example is sewn, the strap-shaped/ring-shaped or eye-shaped device 79 comprising a certain inherent rigidity and thus standing out from the first strip 74. In the region on the side of the exterior surface of the hand, the first strip 74 extends separately or at a distance from the second strip 75 thereby forming a space 78. In a transition region in which the second strip 75 merges in one piece into the region 76 on the side of the exterior surface of the hand, said region 76 on the side of the exterior surface of the hand is realized with multiple layers, the top layer being formed from a plastics material, preferably from a plastics material mesh or plastics material woven fabric. In said transition region, said top layer, or surface layer of the hand strap comprises a slot 81 or an insertion opening, through which the first strip 74, which is realized as an elastic band in said region, is able to enter and extends up to its end on the side of the exterior surface of the hand (not visible in the figure) between the two material layers of the hand-retaining device 70. The fastening 66 of the end of the first strip 74 on the side of the exterior surface of the hand is then preferably effected as a result of sewing. The elastic region 74a of the first strip consequently comprises a portion 74a which is freely accessible from the outside and a tunneled portion (not visible in FIG. 5) which extends between two material layers of the region 76 of the hand-retaining device 70 on the side of the exterior surface of the hand.

[0071] In order to keep the length of the elastic region 74a of the first strip 74 as long as possible, the fastening 66 of the end of the first strip 74 on the side of the exterior surface of the hand is to be mounted as close as possible to the insertion opening 71 for the hand. As a result, the seam in the event of fastening through sewing is then to be close to the feedthrough stirrup 84. In the present exemplary embodiment, the fastening is arranged at a distance d of approximately between 1.5 and 2.5 cm away from the insertion opening 71 for the hand, measured from the edge of the hand strap 70 at the insertion opening 71 for the hand on the hand side H.

[0072] The second strip 75, which connects the region 76 of the hand-retaining device 70 on the side of the exterior surface of the hand to the region 77 on the side of the interior surface of the hand, is realized in a substantially non-elastic manner, or only insofar as the material chosen for the hand-retaining device is elastic per se. At all events, the second strip 75 is realized in a reinforced manner, e.g. by sewing on a webbing strip, preferably on its top surface which is directed toward the first strip.

[0073] In the present example, the first strip 74 is only realized in an elastic manner in the region 76 on the side of the exterior surface of the hand, i.e. no further than up to the fastening region 87 where the hand strap 70 is fastened on a pole handle 1, or where the coupling element 79 is arranged. The first strip could, however, also be realized in an elastic manner additionally in the region 77 of the hand-retaining device 70 on the side of the interior surface of the hand.

[0074] In the present exemplary embodiment, the hand-retaining device 70 is realized in a reinforced manner by a reinforcing edge 80 at its three openings 71, 72, 73. This increases the wearing comfort and contributes to the dimensional stability of the hand strap such that the hand strap has a certain inherent rigidity even in the non-worn state and does not collapse, which makes inserting the hand easier. In the present exemplary embodiment, the reinforcing edge is consequently a textile or webbing strip which is folded over the edge region of the hand strap at the boundary to the openings and sewn and/or bonded in said regions with the material of the hand strap. As a result, the hand strap abuts as comfortably as possible against the hand. However, the reinforcing edge does not necessarily have to consist of a separate strip material or band material, but can be formed by a seam or a join to a certain extent from the edge region of the material strip forming the hand strap.

[0075] FIG. 9 shows a pole handle 1 according to the invention and how it is coupled to a hand strap 70 worn on the right hand of a user, the hand of the user being arranged in the engaging-around position or wrap-around position. The thumb of the user hand, in this case, is shown raised simply for the purposes of visualizing the development of the first strip 74. In this case, it can be seen how the first strip 74, which emerges out of the slot 81 on the region 76 of the hand strap 70 on the side of the exterior surface of the hand, stretches, the elastic region 74a extending up to the coupling element 79. In this case, the portion 74c of the elastic region 74a, which is placed close to the coupling element 79, is realized in a reinforced manner, or in the particular case as an elastic band which is oversewn and undersewn by non-elastic webbing. The portion 74b of the first strip, which faces the region 77 on the side of the interior surface of the hand, is realized in a non-elastic manner from the coupling element 79 onward, in the particular case with doubled webbing, said webbing being the same that reinforces the elastic band in the vicinity of the coupling element 79. Said non-elastic region, which extends from the coupling element 79 up to the fastening of the first strip 74 on the region 77 of the hand strap 70 on the side of the interior surface of the hand, is opened out in the wrapped-around state shown in FIG. 9 to form a strap as, on account of the stretch of the elastic region 74a in the case of a fixed position of the coupling element 79 in the latching region 59 of the pole handle 1, the non-elastic region 74b bends away from the hand strap. In this case, a space 90 is produced between the second strip 75 that is guided between the thumb and the remaining fingers and the non-elastic region 74b of the first strip 74.

TABLE-US-00001 LIST OF REFERENCES  1 Pole handle  2 Handle head  3 Handle body  3a Front handle body region  3b Rear handle body region  4 Recess in 2  5 Cavity in 3 for pole tube  6 Locking module  7 First leg of 15  8 Second leg of 15  9 Actuating element  9a First wing of 9  9b Second wing of 9 10 Latching pin 11 Retaining lug on 10 12 Cover 13 Web on 15 14 Hook-like device, retaining mandrel 15 Fixing element, fixing shell 16 Recess 15 19 Axial pin in 20 along 24 20 Latching block 20b Second side wall of 20 21 Top shoulder of 20 24 Rotational axis of 9 26 Bore in 20 for 24 28 Axial spiral spring 29 Top stop element 30 Adjusting element 31 Retaining pin 32 Eye of 31 33 Axis though 32 34 Pin through 32 35 Spiral spring for 10 in 54 37 Release button 38 Axis of 46 39 Guide pin for 10 40 Bottom stop element 41 Elongate hole in 20 for guiding 10 42a Bore in 7 for 19 42b Bore in 8 for 19 43b Bore in 9 for 19 44 Axis for 45 45 Cross pin 45a Pin part 1 of 45 45b Pin part 2 of 45 46 Fastening pin 47a Bore in 7 for 45 47b Bore in 8 for 45 48a Bore in 7 for 46 48b Bore in 8 for 46 49a First bore in 2 for 45 49b Second bore in 2 for 45 50a First bore in 2 for 46 50b Second bore in 2 for 46 51a Elongate hole in 9a for guiding 10 51b Elongate hole in 9b for guiding 10 52b Bore in 9b for 46 53 Bore in 20 for 46 54 Bore in 20 for 35 55 Rib on 68 56 Longitudinal axis of 1 57 Anchoring element of 6 in 3 58 Through-bore for 31 59 Latching region on 14 for 79 60 Recess in 20 for 32 61b Bore in 20 for 34 62 Bore in 10 for 39 63 Support surface in 4 for 64 64 Bottom of 15 65 Tip of 2 66 Fastening of 74 on 76/seam 67 Top surface of 2 68 Top surface of 9 69 Boundary between 2 and 3 70 Hand-retaining device, hand strap 71 Insertion opening for hand 72 First exit opening in 70 for back of hand 73 Second exit opening in 70 for thumb 74 First strip on 70 74a Elastic region of 74 74b Non-elastic region of 74 74c Reinforced region of 74 75 Second strip on 70 76 Region of 70 on side of hand exterior surface 77 Region of 70 on side of hand interior surface 78 Space between 74 and75 79 Strap-shaped/ring-shaped/eye-shaped device/coupling element 80 Reinforcing edge 81 Slot in 70 for 74 82 Variably securable fastening device 82a Retaining aid on 82 83 Through-opening for 82 in 70 84 Feedthrough stirrup of 83 85 First end of 70 86 Second end of 70 87 Fastening region of 70 on 1 88 Axis of 10 89 Rear of 9 90 Space between 74b and75 B In direction of movement or running direction/forward d Distance from 66 to 71 D Direction of rotation for releasing the latching effect H Hand side/directed rearward