Patent Application
20200345089
The present invention relates to a glove, in particular for users of poles for the sport disciplines of skiing, hiking and walking, in particular for users of walking sticks, trekking poles, Alpine ski poles, cross-country ski poles, or Nordic walking poles. The glove in terms of the fit or width thereof, respectively, is designed so as to be adjustable by a lacing system or tensioning system, respectively. The present invention thus relates to a glove which may also be an adjustable hand strap which is fastenable to the hand and which has a separate thumb opening and a further opening for the other fingers and which collaborates with a pole handle, wherein the pole handle possesses a handle member having a coupling device for fastening the glove.
Pile-and-loop fasteners or elastic bands are often used for constricting the wrist opening of a glove so as to prevent the ingress of dirt, snow, moisture and cold and so as to better fasten the glove to the hand. Simple lacing systems for gloves are known from boxing, for example. Improved lacing systems for constricting the width of worn gloves are known in the prior art, thus for example from EP-A-1 072 202 or CH-A-699 880. In EP-A-1 072 202 the constriction of the hand opening is achieved by contracting an upper and a lower support element in the manner of clamping jaws. The free ends of the tension bands herein are guided by a common clamping element. CH-A-699 880 discloses a glove with two shells, wherein the external skin is interrupted. and the gap is bridged by a zig-zag profile of a pull cord and is configured so as to be adjustable for width.
A glove having an integrated hand strap for poles such as ski poles, cross-country poles, trekking poles, or hiking poles is known from EP-A-0 919 147, wherein the hand strap which is fastenable to a pole handle is provided with a strap part which encloses the wrist and is adjustable in terms of circumference, with a connector part which runs on the inside of the glove in the region of the thumb joint, and a traction element for the strap part to the pole handle which runs on. the outside of the glove, and with a connection element which projects from the glove for the preferably releasable fastening to the pole handle and which is fixedly connected to the connector part and to the traction element and is disposed between the thumb part and the index finger part or the mitten part of the glove. In order to thus achieve not only a secure grip on a ski pole that serves for the direct transmission of force, but to also enable the ski pole to be encompassed and allow said ski pole to captively hang on the glove, it is provided that the connector part and the traction. element are disposed so as to lie freely along the glove surface and that the traction element is at least in part elastically configured and is releasably fastened on the external side of the glove.
In order for the handling of the lacing system to be facilitated, lacing systems with a tensioning system. can be used, such as are proposed in EP-A-2 805 639 A1 or US-A-2013/0269219, for example.
A glove for coupling to a pole handle having a hook-type device is known from EP-A-1 827 150, for example. Such a glove which is coupled to a pole handle is exposed to a heavy tensile load while engaging in the sports discipline, in particular by virtue of the constant movement of the pole and of the influence of force when supported on the pole. On account thereof, deformations of the glove can arise, or even irreversible elongations of the material or in the worst case even tearing of the external skin of the glove in the event of excessive stress.
A glove in which the fit around a hand. inserted. into said glove is to be improved is known from WO-A-9407384. The glove has a fit adjustment mechanism which by way of an adjustment cable element which has a variable effective length is attached to one or a plurality of adjustments strips. The adjustment strip, or the adjustments strips, at all times extend so as to encircle the base of the glove. When the adjustment mechanism is rotated, the effective length of the cable element is shortened, this causing the closed loop of the strip and of the cable element to contract around the hand inserted in the glove. The fit of the glove around the hand is improved on account thereof.
The invention is thus based on the object to make available a glove which is improved in comparison to the prior art, including the situation when said glove is configured as an adjustable hand strap which is fastenable to the hand and which has in particular three openings, one separate thumb opening and one further opening for the other fingers. This is in particular an improvement of a glove suitable for coupling to a walking stick, a trekking pole, an Alpine ski pole, a cross-country pole, or a Nordic walking pole, having a coupling device, in particular a hook-type device, for fastening the glove. The glove herein has a coupling element which is releasably fastenable to the coupling device of the pole handle and which is fixed in a self-latching manner to the coupling device.
This object is achieved in that the glove, wherein this may also be understood to be a hand strap of the type mentioned at the outset, moreover has a system for setting the width of the worn glove, said system preferably being coupled to the anchoring, or the fastening, respectively, of the coupling device, preferably in that the system for setting the width of the worn glove is connected to the coupling element by way of at least one material portion of low elongation or even zero elongation.
The invention thus comprises a glove (including a hand strap of the type mentioned at the outset) which is able to be coupled to a pole handle, or is releasably fastenable to the latter, respectively, the width of said worn glove being able to be selectively set. The glove according to the invention has a thumb covering for receiving the thumb of the user, as well as at least one first finger covering for receiving at least one finger.
When the glove is configured in the form of a hand strap, the thumb covering in this instance is an exit opening for the thumb, and the finger covering is an exit opening for the at least one finger, or for all remaining four fingers. A hand strap according to the invention as a glove thus has three openings, specifically a first opening for the wrist, a second opening for the thumb, and a third opening for at least one of the remaining four fingers, preferably for all remaining four fingers.
In somewhat other words, the invention thus relates to a glove in the form of a hand-holding device, or understood to be a hand-holding device, having a thumb covering and at least one first finger covering which in the case of a hand strap can be configured as a first exit opening for a thumb and a second exit opening for remaining fingers, respectively, said glove in a saddle region between the thumb covering and the first finger covering, or between the first exit opening for the thumb and the second exit opening for the remaining fingers, respectively, possessing a coupling element which is configured for releasably fastening the glove in the sense of a hand-holding device to a coupling device of a pole handle, characterized in that the glove in the sense of the hand-holding device has a lacing system for selectively setting a width of the worn glove in the sense of the hand-holding device. When mention is made of a glove hereunder, this also includes the preferred embodiment of the configuration of the glove as a hand strap, unless otherwise explicitly stated.
A first preferred embodiment relates to a finger glove, in particular for the Alpine skiing sport and for skiing tours. The finger glove herein has a thumb covering, as well as a first finger covering, and preferably also a second, third, and a fourth finger covering for receiving the index finger, the middle finger, the ring finger, and the little finger, respectively.
As an alternative to a finger glove, the invention can also relate to a mitten, that is to say to a glove which has only a thumb covering and a single finger covering for receiving the remaining four fingers. In the case of said mitten, the first and single finger covering is already equipped so as to be wide enough to receive the remaining four fingers with the exception of the thumb. A further variant has a thumb covering as well as an index finger covering and a further finger covering for receiving the remaining three fingers. A further embodiment of the glove in the sense of the hand-holding device is configured as a hand strap which as a thumb covering has an exit opening for the thumb, and as at least one finger covering has an exit opening for the at least one finger or for all remaining four fingers. A hand strap according to the invention thus has three openings, specifically a first opening for the wrist, a second opening for the thumb, and a third opening for at least one of the remaining four fingers, preferably for all remaining four fingers.
Independently thereof, the glove according to the invention, between the thumb covering and the first finger covering, or when configured as a hand strap between the exit hole for the thumb and the exit hole for the remaining four fingers, has a saddle region which possesses a coupling element, for example a device in the shape of a strap, ring, or eyelets, preferably in the form of a movable strap. The strap herein is preferably fastened to the hand-holding device in such a manner that said strap by way of the residual inherent stiffness thereof projects between the thumb and the index finger of the user in such a manner that said strap can be easily pushed over the hook-type device. The strap is preferably a strap from a flexible material which has a sufficient inherent stiffness such that said material is stabilized in a position in the space between the thumb and the index finger which enables a simple introduction over the nook, or the holding pin, respectively, and which material when in use is not or barely perceivable, on the other hand. Straps made from cables or wire which may optionally be coated on the surface are possible. In principle, other elements such as, for example, low-elongation textile fibers which are stable under tension and are sheathed with a tubular fabric, or holding elements which are braided in the manner of laces or ropes, respectively, using corresponding materials such as, for example, aramid, Keviar, Dyneema, etc. are also suitable as the material for such straps. When such materials are used for the strap, laces having a thickness of 1 mm to 5 mm, wherein a thickness of 2 mm to 3 mm is preferable, are best suitable. In order for the strap to be imparted sufficient inherent stiffness, laces of this type can be provided with reinforcement elements such as, for example, a core of monofilament nylon or fibers from a stiffer material such as, for example, nylon or thin metal wires, said fibers being incorporated in such laces by braiding. It has been demonstrated that a cable having a thickness in the range from 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm, preferably in the range from 1 mm to 2 mm, is particularly suitable.
The coupling element is suitable for releasably fastening the glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap) to a corresponding device of a pole handle. Such a pole handle can be configured as is illustrated in EP 1 627 623, for example. In the case of a movable strap, said movable strap is pushed over a hook-type device of the pole handle and preferably latches thereon. However, other coupling devices, such as for example a tongue-type coupling device on the glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap) which is able to be introduced in a recess which is provided therefor on the pole handle and is fastened there in a self-latching and releasable manner, are also possible.
The glove according to the invention (as an actual glove or as a hand strap), independently of the type of the coupling element, additionally has a lacing system for selectively setting a width of the worn glove, preferably of the worn hand strap. The lacing system is preferably disposed on a glove upper side which covers the hand dorsum of the user (upper side or hand dorsum side of the hand strap, when the glove is configured as a hand strap), and herein preferably in a hand dorsum region between a wrist region and a beginning of the first finger covering, or the finger coverings, or the exit opening for the fingers, respectively.
The lacing system is preferably a tensioning system. Said tensioning system preferably has a tensioning element, preferably having a tensioning wheel, a tensioner housing, and a coil received in the tensioner housing, such as is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 9,375,053 or EP 2 805 639, for example.
A preferred lacing system moreover has a tensioning lace which is guided through at least one recess or at least one guide strap, wherein an activation of the tensioning element, in particular by rotating the tensioning wheel in a tensioning direction, tensions the tensioning lace in a tensioning region, and the width or the fit, respectively, of the worn glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap) is thus decreased in particular in the wrist region and/or the hand dorsum region, and wherein an activation of the tensioning element, preferably by rotating the tensioning wheel in the relaxing direction counter to the tensioning direction, preferably relaxes or releases the tensioning lace, and the width of the worn glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap) is thus increased, this herein being either continuous or in steps. The length of the tensioning lace disposed in the tensioning region, or of a portion of the tensioning lace that lies outside the housing of the tensioning element, respectively, thus is rendered so as to be able to be variably set. Additionally, the spacing from the coupling element can be variably set on account thereof, this having an influence on the transmission of force from the coupling element to the glove.
The tensioning element is preferably fastened to the hand dorsum on the glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap), particularly preferably in the region of the wrist or up to 0.5 cm to 3 cm further outside at the fingers.
To this end, the coil mentioned above is preferably disposed in a recess of the tensioner housing, wherein the coil is preferably mounted so as to be rotatable in the recess and has an annular duct for receiving the tensioning lace. The tensioning wheel is preferably rotatable relative to the housing, wherein the tensioning wheel is suitable for driving the coil in the recess. Rotation of the tensioning wheel in a first direction, for example in the tensioning direction, relative to the housing drives the coil so as to wind the tensioning lace or a cable onto the coil, and to on account thereof tighten or tension, respectively, the lacing system. The system in this direction preferably possesses a return stop (freewheeling only in one direction). A rotation of the tensioning wheel in a second direction, or the relaxing direction, respectively, which is counter to the first direction, drives the coil so as to gradually release the tensioning lace or the cable from the coil and to on account thereof gradually loosen or relax the lacing system, either in steps or in a continuous manner. A specific releasing force has preferably to be overcome in order for releasing to be possible in this direction.
The tensioning element preferably also has a locking and unlocking mechanism which prevents involuntary tensioning or relaxing, respectively. The relaxing herein can also be specified in such a manner that an only brief rotation of the tensioning wheel in the second direction, or the activation of a trigger means preferably disposed on the tensioning element, or pulling or pushing the tensioning wheel per se, enables partial relaxing or complete relaxing and thus the tensioning lace rolled up on the coil to be completely released immediately in one go.
The tensioning region on the glove upper side is preferably disposed only to one side of the tensioning element, preferably between the tensioning element and the beginning of the thumb covering. The tensioning region is in particular formed by a variable region which is disposed only to one side of the tensioning element and which is spanned by the tensioning lace. The tensioning lace here, in particular emanating from the tensioning element, spans the variable region in the direction toward the thumb covering and back to the tensioning element, preferably in a V-shaped or zigzag style. However, a substantially triangular disposal of the tensioning lace is also possible, for example.
The variable region herein preferably has a width which is able to be variably set by tensioning and relaxing the tensioning lace. The spacing between the tensioning element and the coupling element is in particular able to be variably set.
For this purpose, the variable region is preferably at least in part formed from a material which is in any case flexible, preferably ribbed or pleated, and which can be compressed or squeezed, respectively, and also unfolds again once the lacing system has relaxed. Alternatively, the glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap) according to a further preferred embodiment for selectively setting the width of the variable region can have two material portions that are spaced apart at least in a relaxed state of the tensioning lace. Said material portions on the glove upper side (in the case of the hand strap corresponding to the upper side or the hand dorsum side of the hand-holding device) by tensioning the tensioning lace can be moved toward one another in such a manner that the spacing between the two material portions is decreased at least in regions. Conversely, the spacing is increased again to at most the original width thereof when the lacing system is relaxed again.
According to one particularly advantageous embodiment, the tensioning lace, between a first end, fastened to or in the tensioning element (or introduced into the duct of the tensioning element), respectively, and on a second end, preferably fastened to or in the tensioning element, has at least one first deflection portion on the glove upper side (in the case of the hand strap corresponding to the upper side or the hand dorsum side of the hand-holding device). However, it is also conceivable that only one end of the tensioning lace is fastened in the tensioning element. The tensioning lace changes direction in said first deflection portion. The deflection portion is preferably guided through a first guide strap which is configured for receiving the tensioning lace. The tensioning lace preferably has a total of at least three such deflection portions, wherein said deflection portions, preferably each of said deflection portions, are/is in each case guided through one guide strap. Alternatively, the tensioning lace can also be guided through a simple recess/opening of the external skin of the glove, or of a material portion fastened thereto. In an alternative, substantially triangular, disposal of the tensioning lace, the tensioning lace runs out of the tensioning element, traverses the variable region or the tensioning region, respectively, then by way of a deflection runs through a first guide strap in the region of the beginning of the thumb covering, or in the case of a hand strap in the region of the beginning of the exit opening for the thumb, then runs through a further guide strap below the first guide strap, and then back into the tensioning element, wherein the tensioning lace emanating from the tensioning element spans the variable region only twice.
Particularly preferable is a construction mode in which the tensioning element on the hand dorsum is fastened externally on the glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap), preferably in the region of the wrist or so as to be offset somewhat further toward the fingers. It is furthermore preferable when the tensioning lace does not encompass the wrist in an encircling manner and also does not encompass the hand in an encircling manner.
Particularly preferable is a construction mode in which the tensioning lace emanating from the tensioning element is first guided to a first guide strap which either is connected directly to the coupling element in said saddle region, or is connected to the coupling element by way of a non-elastic material strip. The tensioning lace subsequently runs back to a further guide strap which is disposed directly at the tensioning element. This further guide strap either is connected directly to the tensioning element or is again connected to the tensioning element by way of a non-elastic material strip or connected to the material region on which the tensioning element is in turn fastened. Having passed said further guide strap, the tensioning lace runs back into the same thumb-side direction, but now to a third guide strap which is disposed below the beginning of the thumb and in the region of the wrist. Having passed said third guide strap, the tensioning lace preferably runs back to the tensioning element so as to be introduced into the latter there, and to be set in terms of length by way of said tensioning element.
The tensioning lace preferably runs through the three guide straps so as to be ideally unimpeded and with little friction.
In other words, in this preferred guiding of the tensioning lace and this disposal of the tensioning element, the tensioning lace in terms of the longitudinal axis of the glove runs in each case only substantially on the hand dorsum side and from the tensioning element only on the thumb side. An optimum setting of the substantial regions of the glove, or of the hand strap, respectively, specifically the ideally tight coupling of the coupling element and the positive fastening around the wrist, is caused on account of the double deflection on the guide strap in the saddle region and the third guide strap in the wrist region. The third guide strap is preferably fastened to a woven fabric region which encompasses the wrist and is again connected directly or indirectly to that region on which the tensioning element is fastened. The fastening of this type leads to a particular self-regulating setting; if tension is exerted on the coupling element, tension is thus automatically also triggered on the tensioning lace, said fastening mechanism thus being increasingly tightened around the wrist also by way of the third guide strap. It is thus possible for a position which is just comfortable to be set without excessive tension and without interrupting the flow of blood, but for the system to be automatically contracted around the wrist when the glove, or the hand-holding device, respectively, is stressed, or when tension is exerted by way of the coupling element, respectively.
In principle however, it would also be possible for the lace of the lacing system, instead of being guided through a guide strap, to be guided directly through a recess of the upper material of the glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap), or through a recess or an eyelet in a reinforcement strip, or, in the case of a cover tab, through a recess of the cover tab, respectively.
In one particularly preferred embodiment, the lacing system is coupled either directly or indirectly to the coupling element by way of at least one material band. The material band, which preferably has little elongation or is even free of elongation, herein can be designed in the form of at least one reinforcement strip, preferably from a woven textile material such as polypropylene, for example. This material band connects the saddle region to the lacing system, so to speak. A guide strap as mentioned above, for guiding through the lace, in the case of a tensioning system for guiding through the tensioning lace, is preferably fastened to said material band.
The coupling element is preferably configured as a device which is to be hooked in place from above over a hook-type device of the pole handle, or as a strap-shaped, ring-shaped, or eyelet-shaped device which is able to be pushed from above over a hook-type device of the pole handle, respectively, and is particularly preferably configured as a movable strap.
The coupling element is advantageously fastened to the glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap) by way of at least one fastening element, in particular a fastening strip, preferably is sewn to the external side of the glove or is adhesively bonded to the glove. Said fastening element is preferably configured from a woven textile material, preferably based on plastics material, and has a preferred width of between 3 mm and 30 mm. The fastening element is preferably disposed in the saddle region between the thumb covering and the first finger covering preferably configured as an index finger covering, or in the case of a hand strap is preferably disposed in the saddle region between the exit opening for the thumb and the exit opening for the remaining fingers, respectively. The fastening element herein can also be a material portion, or a material blank, respectively, with an oval or round shape, for example. Said material portion can be formed, for example, from leather or plastics material, or optionally likewise from a woven textile material, preferably based on plastics material.
In a further preferred glove, at least one first guide strap for receiving the lace, or the tensioning lace, respectively, is fastened or molded to a first reinforcement strip. The guide strap can also be configured so as to be integral to the first reinforcement strip, that is to say that the reinforcement strip at an end which is opposite to the articulation in the saddle region is shaped so as to form a guide strap.
The first reinforcement strip can be fastened, in particular sewn, or molded to the fastening element for the coupling element. Alternatively, the first reinforcement strip can be configured so as to be integral to the fastening element for the coupling element, that is to say preferably for a movable strap, such that the coupling element is fastened directly to the glove by means of reinforcement strips, so to speak, or that the fastening element transitions to a strip-like portion which is coupled to the lacing system by way of a guide strap which is potentially fastened to said portion or is integrally molded to said portion. In such a case, the strip-like portion of the fastening element assumes the task of the first reinforcement strip.
In one further preferred embodiment the reinforcement strip at least in part overlaps with the fastening element and/or with a material portion which forms the first guide strap.
The reinforcement strip serves as a bridge element between the strap fastening in the saddle region and the tensioning system in the hand dorsum region, so to speak. On account thereof, the transmission of force from the arm, or from the hand, respectively, by way of the glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap) on to the pole handle and thus to the pole is optimized, in particular when supported on the pole, which increases inter alia the capability to direct the pole. Conversely, the tensile force from the pole handle by way of the coupling element is also distributed to the glove. The reinforcement strip moreover reinforces in particular the region, or the regions, respectively, of the external skin of the glove which is/are stressed by tension, in that the force is distributed to the glove.
The coupling element, when said coupling element is configured as a movable strap, is advantageously configured from a flexible, that is to say preferably flexural yet nevertheless high-tensile material, preferably from a cable or a hoop, for example from woven or braided UHMWPE (for example Dyneema®) or aramid (for example Kevlar®). The movable strap substantially per se herein, that is to say in terms of the fastening position so to speak, is fastened so as to be immovable on the glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap).
The movable strap per se however is preferably configured so as to be flexible and movable, wherein said movable strap has a sufficient inherent stiffness such that said movable strap is stabilized in a position in the space between the thumb covering and the first finger covering, or in the case of a hand strap between the exit opening for the thumb and the exit opening for the remaining fingers, respectively. On account thereof, that part of the movable strap on the glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap) that projects or protrudes, respectively, from the glove surface (in the case of the hand strap corresponding to the surface or the hand dorsum side of the hand-holding device) is disposed substantially in a plane which in the case of an opened and extended hand of the user is defined by the thumb and index finger of said user.
The movable strap in the resting position, that is to say in a non-use position, or in the state uncoupled from the pole handle, respectively, and in particular in the absence of an effect of force, is preferably configured so as to be substantially semi-circular or semi-oval.
The movable strap is preferably a strap from a braided plastics material, in particular based on polyethylene, polyamide, polypropylene, aramid, or a combination of said materials, or the movable strap is shaped from another material capable of tensile loading.
According to one particularly preferred embodiment, the movable strap has a thickness of 1 mm to 5 mm, preferably of 2 mm to 3 mm. The movable strap herein advantageously projects by between 5 mm and 20 mm, particular preferably between 5 mm and 10 mm, beyond the saddle region between the first finger covering and the thumb covering, or in the case of a hand strap between the exit opening for the remaining fingers and the exit opening for the thumb.
The material of the movable strap in the non-projecting region, preferably by way of both ends, is fastened to the glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap) and/or, as an intermediate layer of the glove, is adhesively bonded, sewn in, interwoven or otherwise fastened between the two material tiers of the glove at least by way of a length of 2 cm to 15 cm, particularly preferably of at least 5 cm, wherein the fastening element described above and/or the reinforcement strip described above may serve as one of said material tiers.
One further preferred embodiment, which is particularly suitable for cross-country/Nordic sports, on the glove upper side or the hand strap upper side has an external skin which in the tensioning region is interrupted in the longitudinal direction of the glove such that a gap formed. Said gap is preferably backed by an “internal skin” which forms the main body of the glove, so to speak, or which is formed by a further material layer fastened to the main body of the glove.
The external skin on the glove upper side (in the hand strap corresponding to the upper side of the hand--holding device) is thus at least in part formed by two material portions that are mutually spaced apart in the resting state, or in the relaxed state, respectively. Said two material portions can be, for example, two cover tabs which are in each case fastened on one side to the hand-holding device and which toward the center of the hand-holding device, at the upper side of the hand-holding device, bear loosely on the internal skin, that is to say are not fastened to the internal skin, or to the main body of the glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap), i.e. in particular in the peripheral region of the mutually facing edges, or opposite edges, respectively, that are directed toward the gap. This embodiment preferably has a first cover tab which on one side is fastened to the glove and a second cover tab which is preferably fastened on one side to the glove, the gap being disposed in the longitudinal direction between said cover tabs. The lacing system in this case is configured in such a manner that the lace preferably runs back and forth in a zigzag manner between the first cover tab and the second cover tab. If the lacing system is tensioning system as described above, the tensioning element is fastened to the first cover tab and at least one first guide strap for the tensioning lace is fastened to the second cover tab. A second guide strap is preferably also fastened to the first cover tab, and a third guide strap is fastened to the second cover tab, in particular on the glove upper side, or the upper side of the hand-holding device below the first guide strap, respectively.
The internal skin can be formed from the same material as the external skin, or from another material. The two cover tabs can be formed from the same material or from dissimilar materials, and the material of at least one cover tab can be the same material as used for the internal skin, or be another material. The material of the external skin, or of the cover tabs, respectively, is preferably formed from a more stable and stronger high-tensile material than the internal skin, for example from an imitation leather, for example a composite of a textile carrier base such as, for example, a woven fabric from natural fibers, chemical fibers, or mixed fibers, and a plastics material cover layer such as polyvinylchloride, for example.
According to one further preferred embodiment, the first reinforcement strip is an integral component part of the second cover tab such that said first reinforcement strip is formed by an upper region of the second cover tab, and the second reinforcement strip alternatively or additionally is an integral component part of the second cover tab such that said second reinforcement strip is formed by a lower region of the second cover tab. This means that no separate first and/or second reinforcement strip has to be present, but that the cover tab assumes the task of the reinforcement strip, or forms the reinforcement strip, respectively, or that the cover tab functions as the first and/or the second reinforcement strip or vice versa, respectively.
A particularly preferred embodiment is characterized in that the first guide strap is fastened, preferably sewn, directly to the second cover tab in particular to the lower side of the second cover tab. One slot for passing through the first or the third guide strap, respectively, is in each case configured in the upper region as well as in the lower region of the second cover tab. The first guide strap passes through the first slot in the upper region of the second cover tab herein, and the third guide strap passes through the second slot in the lower region of the second cover tab. The second cover tab could also be divided in two such that one cover tab forms in each case one reinforcement strip and one guide strap is in each case fastened to each cover tab.
Additionally or alternatively, the second guide strap can pass through a slot of the first cover tab and be fastened, preferably sewn, directly to said first cover tab, in particular to the lower side of the first cover tab such that a separate third reinforcement strip is not required here either.
In one further preferred embodiment, the first guide strap is fastened or molded directly to the fastening strip for the movable strap such that the lacing system is coupled even more directly to the movable strap, or to the coupling mechanism for the pole handle, respectively.
A further subject matter of the invention relates to a pole handle having a coupling device, and having a glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap) according to one of the embodiments described above which by means of a coupling element is releasably fastened or fastenable to the coupling device of the pole handle, as well as to a pole having such a pole handle and the glove which is releasably fastenable or fastened to said pole handle, respectively. The coupling device of the pole handle herein is preferably a hook-type device, and the coupling element of the glove is preferably a movable strap as described in more detail above. The movable strap is guided/pushed over the hook-type device and fixed in a self-latching manner. In order for the pole and the glove to be uncoupled, a trigger element on the pole handle is activated, on account of which the movable strap is released again. Alternatively, the movable strap can be held in a self-latching manner, counter to a spring-mounted resistance, at the base of the hook-type device and can be removed again by overcoming the sprung resistance counter to the extraction direction even without the trigger element, in a self-triggering manner, so to speak.
Alternatively, the coupling device of the pole handle can have a recess into which a coupling element which is configured substantially as a latching tongue and is fastened to the glove (as an actual glove or as a hand strap) can be introduced and releasably latched. A connection element which interacts with the coupling element of the glove and by means of an activation member which is accessible in the region of the handle head and is movable counter to a sprung mounting herein is preferably provided in a pole handle recess. The access to the pole handle recess into which the coupling element can be introduced and from which the coupling element can be extracted is preferably disposed in an approximately rectilinear alignment with an exit of the pole handle recess in the region of which the activation member is activatable. In such a case, the pole handle recess is preferably disposed in an arrangement which is at an acute angle in relation to the longitudinal axis of the pole handle, or of the pole tube connected thereto, respectively.
Further exemplary embodiments are described in the dependent claims.
Preferred embodiments of the invention will be described hereunder by means of the drawings which serve only for an explanatory purpose and are not to be interpreted as limiting. In the drawings:
A first preferred exemplary embodiment of a glove 1 according to the invention is illustrated in
The glove 1 which is most often formed from a plurality of textile elements and layers, has padding elements and/or reinforcement elements at various locations so as to protect the hand of the user against injury on account of impact or abrasion. The glove 1 likewise preferably has insulation material so as to prevent an ingress of cold and wet.
For the purpose of setting the width of the worn glove 1, or for adapting the size of the glove to the size of the hand of the wearer, and for preventing the glove 1 from slipping on the hand of the user, the glove 1 on the glove upper side 2 thereof, or on the back of the glove that covers the hand dorsum of the user, respectively, has a lacing system. Said lacing system is preferably disposed between a wrist seam which delimits a wrist region 9 toward the bottom, and an articulation of the finger coverings 5-8. The lacing system in the exemplary embodiment illustrated in
When the tensioning wheel 12 is rotated in a second direction S2, counter to the tensioning direction S1, that is to say rotated in a relaxing direction S2, the tensioning lace 13 is thus again released from the tensioner housing 20 and the total length of the portion of the tensioning lace 13 protruding from the tensioner housing 20 on the glove surface 2 is increased. On account thereof, the width of the variable region 31 is increased again, as is the spacing between the second guide strap 18 which is disposed in the region, or in the proximity, of the saddle region 23, respectively, and through which a second deflection region 15 of the tensioning lace 13 is guided, and the second guide strap 18 which is disposed in the region of the tensioning element 11, as also between the third guide strap 19 which is disposed below the first guide strap 17 and through which a third deflection region 16 of the tensioning lace 13 is guided, and the second guide strap 18 which is disposed in the region of the tensioning element 11. This causes an increase in terms of the fit, or the width, respectively, of the worn glove 1 on the hand of the user.
As is illustrated in
In the present exemplary embodiment, the movable strap 25 is fastened to the material of the glove 1, or anchored therein, respectively, in the saddle region 23. A fastening element 24, or a fastening strip, respectively, is sewn on by way of the fastening location of the strap 25, said fastening element 24, or said fastening strip, respectively, having two recesses for passing through the cord forming the strap 25. The fastening element 24 in the exemplary embodiment illustrated is configured as an oval patch, as can be seen in
In the present exemplary embodiment of
A first reinforcement strip 26 is guided from the saddle region 23 toward the glove upper side 2, or toward the hand dorsum, respectively. The first reinforcement strip 26 has two ends, of which a first end is fastened, or sewn or molded, respectively, to the fastening element 24 for the strap 25, and a second end is fastened, or sewn or molded, respectively, to a first guide strap 17 through which a tensioning lace 13 of the lacing system is guided.
When the tensioning lace 13 is now tensioned, the first reinforcement strip 26 by way of the first guide strap 17 is imparted a tension, or a first force, respectively, in the direction of the tensioning element 11. However, when the movable strap 25 is coupled to a pole handle, a second force in the opposite direction engages on the movable strap 25 and thus, by way of the fastening element 24, also on the first reinforcement strip 26. The lacing system, or the tensioning system, respectively, thus acts indirectly as a force counter to the tensile force which, in the case of a coupling to a pole handle, pulls on the movable strap 25.
On account thereof, the transmission of force from the arm, or the hand, respectively, to the pole handle and thus to the pole by way of the glove 1 is optimized, in particular when supported on the pole. The first reinforcement strip 26 in the exemplary embodiment of
In the present exemplary embodiment of
The tensioning region, or the variable region 31, respectively, can also be designed such that the upper material, or the external skin of the glove, respectively, is interrupted across the length of the tensioning region, wherein the front edges of the interrupted external skin which in this region lie opposite one another so as to be mutually exposed enclose therebetween an elongate face which is configured as an internal skin. This is the case, so to speak, in the second and the third preferred exemplary embodiment as is illustrated in
When tensioning the lacing system, or the tensioning system, respectively, the mutually opposite, or mutually facing two edges 34, 35, respectively, of the two cover tabs 28, 29 that define the intermediate space are moved toward one another. On account thereof, the intermediate space 30 is closed, and depending on the degree of tension the two cover tabs 28, 29 may even partially overlap in the region of the mutually facing edges 34, 35 of said cover tabs 28, 29.
In the exemplary embodiment illustrated of
In contrast to the second exemplary embodiment, the first guide strap 17 and the third guide strap 19 in the exemplary embodiment of
An exemplary embodiment of a hand strap which is in each case likewise equipped with one tensioning system for setting the width of the worn glove and can be fastened to the hand of the user is illustrated in
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00060/18 | Jan 2018 | CH | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/EP2018/084722 | 12/13/2018 | WO | 00 |
