(19)
(11) EP 4 144 253 A1

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(43) Date of publication:
08.03.2023 Bulletin 2023/10

(21) Application number: 22153434.0

(22) Date of filing: 26.01.2022
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A45B 9/02(2006.01)
A63C 11/22(2006.01)
(52) Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC):
A63C 11/2224; A45B 2009/025; A45B 9/02; A45B 9/04
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
KH MA MD TN

(30) Priority: 07.09.2021 CN 202122153738 U

(71) Applicant: Ninghai Xingda Leisure Products Co., Ltd.
Shenzhen Town, Zhejiang Province 315614 (CN)

(72) Inventor:
  • HU, Jinxue
    Shenzhen Town, Ninghai County, Zhejiang, 315614 (CN)

(74) Representative: Meyer-Dulheuer MD Legal Patentanwälte PartG mbB 
Franklinstraße 61-63
60486 Frankfurt am Main
60486 Frankfurt am Main (DE)

   


(54) A WALKING POLE


(57) A walking pole comprises a pole body (1), a handle (2), a mitten (3) and a buckle (4) connected to the mitten (3); a bottom of the handle (2) is connected with a top of the pole body (1); a plurality of holes (21) for receiving the buckle (4) are disposed at intervals along the lengthwise of the handle (2) on the surface of an upper portion of the handle (2); the buckle (4) is capable of being positioned in the corresponding hole (21) in a different position, so that the mitten (3) is detachably connected to the handle (2) and the position of the mitten (3) is capable of being adjusted. The present invention is simple and rational in structure and convenient to use, and the handheld position of the handle can be adjusted up and down as required, and the handle is convenient and quick to detach.




Description

BACKGROUND


Technical Field



[0001] The present invention relates to the technical field of poles, and in particular to a walking pole with an adjustable handheld position.

Description of Related Art



[0002] Walking poles are mainly used to assist in walking and provide support. Existing walking poles generally comprise a pole body and a handle. When a wrist strap is fixed on the handle, the wrist strap is wound around the wrist when in use, avoiding the crane from falling off accidentally during climbing or skiing. Since the wrist strap is wound around the wrist, it is troublesome to release the wrist strap when in use. Therefore, detachable wrist straps emerge at present, where the wrist straps and the poles are connected through buckles and can be quickly detached from each other.

[0003] However, the position of the wrist strap for existing poles is fixed and cannot be adjusted, so there are some deficiencies in use, particularly when the pole body is a single pole. Since the length of the pole cannot be adjusted, the pole cannot be adjusted for users with different heights if the position of the wrist strap is also fixed.

[0004] After searching, a Chinese Patent Application CN203676336U (patent No.: CN201320854150.X) disclosed a handle for a pole, wherein the handle comprise s a handle body and a buckle; a positioning chute for receiving the buckle is longitudinally formed on the rear side of the upper end portion of the handle body; a locking mechanism is disposed in the middle portion of the upper end portion of the handle body; an accommodating chamber for receiving the locking mechanism is formed in the middle portion of the upper end portion of the handle body; the middle and lower portions of the accommodating chamber are communicated with the positioning chute; the locking mechanism comprises a driving button; a strip-shaped slot for allowing a locking switch to be accommodated and rotated therein is longitudinally formed in the middle portion of the driving button; the middle-upper section of the locking switch is obliquely formed with a strip-shaped hole, and is connected to the strip-shaped slot through a first pin shaft; the head of the locking switch extends out the strip-shaped slot to be hinged to the upper end of the handle body through a second pin shaft; and, a spring is supported between the bottom of the driving button and the accommodating chamber. With this structure, the wrist strap can be quickly detached from the handle, but the position of the wrist strap is also fixed, so that the wrist strap cannot be adjusted.

SUMMARY



[0005] A technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a walking pole with simple structure, of which the position of the handhold is adjustable.

[0006] To solve the above technical problem, the walking pole comprises a pole body having a top and a bottom, a handle having an upper portion and a bottom, a mitten and a buckle connected to the mitten; the bottom of the handle connected with the top of the pole body; characterized in that a plurality of holes for receiving the buckle are disposed at intervals along the lengthwise of the handle on the surface of the upper portion of the handle; the buckle is capable of being positioned in the corresponding hole in a different position, so that the mitten is detachably connected to the handle and the position of the mitten is capable of being adjusted.

[0007] Preferably, the buckle comprises a plate, a collar for connecting with the mitten and a blocking head for inserting into the holes, the collar and the blocking head are respectively located at the left side and the right side of the plate; the mitten has a connecting band at the side of the mitten for binding with the collar.

[0008] Preferably, the handle is hollow with an inner chamber, and has a circular recess corresponding to the position of each hole, each recess is fitted with the plate of the buckle for receiving the plate; each hole is located in the center of the corresponding recess; the plate resists against the handle inside the corresponding recess and the buckle is positioned after the blocking head inserts into the corresponding hole; the blocking head is shaped as a flat plate or in a T-shape, and each hole is flat fitted with the blocking head, and communicates with the inner chamber of the handle.

[0009] Preferably, an anti-drop rubber band is connected to the mitten, and the anti-drop rubber band is sleeved on the handle and connected to the connecting band of the mitten.

[0010] Preferably, the connecting band has two ends, one end of the connecting band is fixed with the mitten, while the other end of the connecting band passes through the anti-drop rubber band and the collar to be fixedly connected to the mitten; or the connecting band has two ends, one end of the connecting band is fixed with the mitten, while the other end of the connecting band passes through the anti-drop rubber band and the collar to be detachably connected to the mitten.

[0011] Preferably, the detachable connection of the connecting band to the mitten is a connection using female and male buckles or using snaps.

[0012] Preferably, the bottom of the pole body is in order connected to a plastic tip having a top and a bottom, a circular plate, a tungsten steel tip and a foot sleeve; the top of the plastic tip is fixed to the bottom of the pole body by dimensional fitting, the circular plate is sleeved outside the plastic tip through threaded connection, and the tungsten steel tip is inserted at the bottom of the plastic tip and fixed by the foot sleeve.

[0013] Preferably, the pole body is a single pole, the handle is sleeved on the upper end of the pole body by dimensional fitting, an upper end of the handle is bent backward, and the holes are disposed on the front side surface of the handle.

[0014] Finally, three holes are uniformly distributed at identical intervals.

[0015] Compared with the prior art, the present invention has the following advantages. Since the handle has a plurality of holes for receiving the buckle, the buckle can be clamped and positioned into the plurality of holes at a required height, therefore the handheld position can be adjusted, and it is very convenient to operate. By providing the anti-drop rubber band, the connection is stable and reliable. The walking pole of the present invention is simple and rational in structure and convenient to use, and the handheld position of the handle can be adjusted up and down as required, and the handle is convenient and quick to detach.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS



[0016] 

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a walking pole according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is an exploded view of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is another exploded view of the walking pole according to the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a longitudinally sectional view of Fig. 1 after the mitten is removed;

Fig. 5 is an enlarged view of Part-I of Fig.4;

Fig. 6 is a first perspective view of the buckle according to the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a second perspective view of the buckle according to the embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the connecting band of the mitten by using snaps;

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the connecting band of the mitten by using female and male buckles.


DESCRIPTION OF THE EMBODIMENTS



[0017] The present invention will be further described in detail below by embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings.

[0018] Figs. 1-8 show a preferred embodiment of the waling pole of the present invention. The walking pole comprises a pole body 1 having a top and a bottom, a handle 2 having an upper portion and a bottom, a mitten 3 and a buckle 4 connected to the mitten 3. The bottom of the handle 2 is connected with the top of the pole body 1; a plurality of holes 21 for receiving the buckle 4 are disposed at identical intervals along the lengthwise of the handle 2 on the surface of the upper portion of the handle 2; the buckle 4 is capable of being positioned in the corresponding hole 21 in a different position, so that the mitten 3 is detachably connected to the handle 2 and the position of the mitten 3 is capable of being adjusted.

[0019] Specifically, the pole body 1 is a single pole, the handle 2 is sleeved on the upper end of the pole body 1 by dimensional fitting, an upper end of the handle 2 is bent backward, and the holes 21 are disposed on the front side surface of the handle 2. In this embodiment, three holes 21 are uniformly distributed at identical intervals. The buckle 4 comprises a plate 41, a collar 42 for connecting with the mitten 3 and a blocking head 43 for inserting into the holes 21, the collar 42 and the blocking head 43 are respectively located at the left side and the right side of the plate 41; the mitten 3 has a connecting band 31 at the side of the mitten 3 for binding with the collar 42. The blocking head 43 is shaped as a flat plate, that is, a large part of the plate. The handle 2 is hollow with an inner chamber 23, and has a circular recess 22 corresponding to the position of each hole 21, each recess 22 is fitted with the plate 41 of the buckle 4 for receiving the plate 41; each hole 21 is located in the center of the corresponding recess 22; each hole 21 is flat fitted with the blocking head 43, and communicates with the inner chamber 23 of the handle 2. The diameter of the circular hole of the inner chamber 23 of the handle is generally greater than the width of the flat hole. The buckle 4 is positioned after the blocking head 43 inserts into the corresponding hole 21, then rotated at 90 degrees and the plate 41 resists against the handle 2 inside the corresponding recess 22. Meanwhile, the blocking head 43 is transversely clamped into the inner side surface of the hole 21 to realize fastening. When it is necessary to detach the buckle 4, the blocking head 43 of the buckle 4 can be detached from the hole 21 by rotating the blocking head 43 forward or backward at 90 degrees to align with the hole 21 again. An anti-drop rubber band 5 is connected to the mitten 3, and the anti-drop rubber band 5 is sleeved on the handle 2 and connected to the connecting band 31 of the mitten 3.

[0020] The connecting band 31 on the side surface of the mitten 3 has two ends, one end of the connecting band 31 is fixed with the mitten 3, while the other end of the connecting band 31 passes through the anti-drop rubber band 5 and the collar 42 to be fixedly connected to the mitten 3; or the connecting band 31 has two ends, one end of the connecting band 31 is fixed with the mitten 3, while the other end of the connecting band 31 passes through the anti-drop rubber band 5 and the collar 42 to be detachably connected to the mitten 3. For example, the detachable connection of the connecting band 31 to the mitten 3 is a connection using female and male buckles or using snaps, as shown in Figs. 7, 8. The anti-drop rubber band 5 is sleeved on the handle 2, so that the buckle 4 can be prevented from dropping.

[0021] The bottom of the pole body 1 is in order connected to a plastic tip 6 having a top and a bottom, a circular plate 7, a tungsten steel tip 8 and a foot sleeve 9; the top of the plastic tip 6 is fixed to the bottom of the pole body 1 by dimensional fitting, the circular plate 7 is sleeved outside the plastic tip 6 through threaded connection, and the tungsten steel tip 8 is inserted at the bottom of the plastic tip 6 and fixed by the foot sleeve 9.

[0022] When in use, the holes 21 at different heights can be selected as required, and the blocking head 43 of the buckle 4 is clamped and fixed to the hole, so that the position of the mitten 3 is adjusted to realize the adjustment of the handheld position.

[0023] The detailed description is given by taking a single pole as an example in this embodiment, but it can be applied to multiple poles or telescopic walking poles and the principle is the same.

[0024] Of course, the blocking head 43 is not limited to the flat plate shape and may also be in a flat T-shape, referring to Figs. 5-6.

[0025] The foregoing description merely shows the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the patent scope of the present invention. All equivalent or similar technical solutions used to achieve rotation, and any changes and replacements made on the basis of the scope of the present invention patent and of the description shall fall into the protection scope of the present invention.


Claims

1. A walking pole, comprising:

a pole body (1) having a top and a bottom, a handle (2) having an upper portion and a bottom, a mitten (3) and a buckle (4) connected to the mitten (3);

the bottom of the handle (2) connected with the top of the pole body (1);

characterized in that

a plurality of holes (21) for receiving the buckle (4) are disposed at intervals along the lengthwise of the handle (2) on the surface of the upper portion of the handle (2);

the buckle (4) is capable of being positioned in the corresponding hole (21) in different positions, so that the mitten (3) is detachably connected to the handle (2) and the position of the mitten (3) is capable of being adjusted.


 
2. The walking pole according to claim 1, characterized in that the buckle (4) comprises a plate (41), a collar (42) for connecting with the mitten (3) and a blocking head (43) for inserting into the holes (21), the collar (42) and the blocking head (43) are respectively located at the left side and the right side of the plate (41);
the mitten (3) has a connecting band (31) at the side of the mitten (3) for binding with the collar (42).
 
3. The walking pole according to claim 2, characterized in that the handle (2) is hollow with an inner chamber (23), and has a circular recess (22) corresponding to the position of each hole (21), each recess (22) is fitted with the plate (41) of the buckle (4) for receiving the plate (41);

each hole (21) is located in the center of the corresponding recess (22);

the plate (41) resists against the handle (2) inside the corresponding recess (22) and the buckle (4) is positioned after the blocking head (43) inserts into the corresponding hole (21);

the blocking head (43) is shaped as a flat plate or shaped in a T-shape, and each hole (21) is flat fitted with the blocking head (43) and communicates with the inner chamber (23) of the handle (2).


 
4. The walking pole according to claim 3, characterized in that an anti-drop rubber band (5) is connected to the mitten (3), and the anti-drop rubber band (5) is sleeved on the handle (2) and connected to the connecting band (31) of the mitten (3).
 
5. The walking pole according to claim 4, characterized in that the connecting band (31) has two ends, one end of the connecting band (31) is fixed with the mitten (3), and the other end of the connecting band (31) passes through the anti-drop rubber band (5) and the collar (42) so as to be fixedly connected to the mitten (3); or
the connecting band (31) has two ends, one end of the connecting band (31) is fixed with the mitten (3), and the other end of the connecting band (31) passes through the anti-drop rubber band (5) and the collar (42) so as to be detachably connected to the mitten (3).
 
6. The walking pole according to claim 5, characterized in that the detachable connection of the connecting band (31) to the mitten (3) is a connection using female and male buckles or a connection using snaps.
 
7. The walking pole according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that the bottom of the pole body (1) is in order connected to a plastic tip (6) having a top and a bottom, a circular plate (7), a tungsten steel tip (8) and a foot sleeve (9);
the top of the plastic tip (6) is fixed to the bottom of the pole body (1) by dimensional fitting, the circular plate (7) is sleeved outside the plastic tip (6) through threaded connection, and the tungsten steel tip (8) is inserted at the bottom of the plastic tip (6) and fixed by the foot sleeve (9).
 
8. The walking pole according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that the pole body (1) is a single pole, the handle (2) is sleeved on the upper end of the pole body (1) by dimensional fitting, an upper end of the handle (2) is bent backward, and the holes (21) are disposed on the front side surface of the handle (2).
 
9. The walking pole according to any one of claims 1-6, characterized in that three holes (21) are uniformly distributed at identical intervals.
 




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