US Patent Issued to LEKISPORT on Sept. 8 for "Lightweight handle head" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,727,652, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to LEKISPORT AG (Baar, Switzerland).

"Lightweight handle head" was invented by Tobias Boing (Grossbettlingen, Germany), Eberhard Heim (Unterensingen, Germany) and Marco Hofer (Unterbohringen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pole handle for a ski pole or trekking pole, having a head region and a handle region, and an axial orifice which is open downwardly on one side to receive a pole tube, wherein the pole handle has a core with a left-hand side wall and a right-hand side wall, at least in certain regions, wherein the two side walls are connected at the top by a top surface so that the wa...