US Patent Issued to Black Diamond Equipment on June 16 for "Pole grip" (Utah Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,653,281, issued on June 16, was assigned to Black Diamond Equipment Ltd. (Salt Lake City).

"Pole grip" was invented by Kenneth Peterson (Sandy, Utah), Lucy Davis (Salt Lake City), Jonathan Cohen (Salt Lake City) and Brennan Wade (Sandy, Utah).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A trekking pole or the like includes a grip top fixed at the top end. A user's glove supports a puck. The puck is placed on a release button then slid into a locking channel on the grip top, from the release button into the locking channel. Thereafter, the release button automatically locks the puck in the channel. When the release button is pressed down, the puck can b...