ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,914, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to SKIS ROSSIGNOL (Saint-Jean-de-Moirans, France).
"Ground-contact device comprising a pole and a pole strap" was invented by Thomas Morvan (Le Gua, France) and Gilles Leray (Steinbrunn-le-Bas, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The ground-contact device (1) includes a pole (2) provided with a handgrip (5), a pole strap (3) provided with a connecting element (7) intended to be fastened removably to the handgrip, and a locking element (11) mobile relative to the handgrip (5) between a locked position and an unlocked position, the locking element having a body (14) and a retaining element (25) co...