Articulated pole for ski slopes, reinforced

Abstract

It is hereby described an articulated pole for ski slopes, of the kind including a ferrule to be driven into the snow or into the ground and an above-ground portion consisting of a tubular element connected to the base to the said ferrule by means of a joint which allows the said tubular element to bend after being hit, comprising strengthening elements of the free end portion of the said tubular element, consisting of a strengthening element fitted to the tubular element itself, at the top end or the free end portion of the pole.

Description

The present invention will now be more particularly described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying figures, in which:

FIG. 1 is the view of a pole according to the invention;

FIG. 2 is the section of the end portion of the pole;

FIG. 3 is the section of the end portion of the pole, according to a different embodiment of the same idea of solution;

FIG. 4 is a view of the pole according to the invention;

FIG. 5 is the section of the end portion of the pole of FIG. 4;

FIG. 6, also in section, shows the end portion of the pole of FIG. 4, according to a different embodiment.

Claims

1. Articulated pole for ski slopes, of the kind including a ferrule to be driven into the snow or into the ground and an above-ground portion consisting of a tubular element connected at the base to the said ferrule by means of a joint which allows the said tubular element to bend after being hit, characterised in that it provides for strengthening means of the free end portion of the said tubular element.

2. Articulated pole for ski slopes according to claim 1, characterised in that the said strengthening element of the tubular element consists of a strengthening tube fitted inside the said tubular element, at the top end or the free end portion of the pole.

3. Articulated pole for ski slopes according to claim 2, characterised in that the said strengthening element consists of an extension of the cap which closes the top end portion of the pole.

4. Articulated pole for ski slopes according to claim 1, characterised in that the said strengthening element consists of a case fitted on the external portion of the pole, just close to its top end portion.

5. Articulated pole for ski slopes according to claim 4, characterised in that the said case forms a single body with the cap which closes the said pole.

6. Articulated pole for ski slopes according to claim 2, wherein the said strengthening element has a length not less then two diameters of the pole itself.

7. Articulated pole for ski slopes according to claim 4, wherein the said strengthening element has a length not less then two diameters of the pole itself.

8. Articulated pole for ski slopes according to claim 4, characterised in that the said strengthening element is visible from the outside and is made of fluorescent material.