Illuminated ski pole

• US 4,129,311 A
• Filed: 01/10/1977
• Issued: 12/12/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: International Power Pole Limited
• Original Assignee: International Power Pole Limited
• Inventors: Hodgson, David A., Grey, James S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Peters, Jr., Joseph F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Smith, Milton L.
• Application Number:
  US05/758,071
• Time in Patent Office: 701 Days
• Field of Search: 280/11.37 H, 280/11.37 B, 280/11.37 D, 280/11.37 E, 135/66, 240/6.42, 240/2.25, 362/34, 362/102
• US Class Current: 280/816
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 11/22 Ski-sticks
• CPC Class Codes: A63C 2203/14 Lighting means

Abstract

A ski pole has a tubular body member having an upper end portion of enlarged diameter to provide handle means and a removable cap at its upper end. A cylindrical chemiluminescent member having an enlarged head portion is disposed in said body member with its head portion seating against an internal ledge at the lower end of the handle means. An opening in the wall of said tubular body member emits light from the chemiluminescent member. In a further embodiment a dry cell battery is disposed in the upper end of the body member and includes a pair of probes connected to the battery terminals and adapted to be projected downwardly through the upper end of the chemiluminescent member to re-energize the same.

Claims

1. An illuminated ski pole comprising a pole body having a tubular upper portion, a removable cap at the upper end of said tubular portion, an elongate cylindrical chemiluminescent member inserted in said tubular upper portion, and an opening in the wall of said upper portion of the ski pole in registry with said chemiluminescent member whereby light from said member is emitted radially outwardly of said ski pole, a dry cell battery overlying said chemiluminescent member and probe elements projecting from the terminals thereof downwardly through the upper end of said chemiluminescent member to energize the latter.

2. An illuminated ski pole according to claim 1 including switch means interposed between said dry cell battery and said probe elements and having an operating member projecting radially outwardly through the wall of said ski pole.

3. An illuminated ski pole comprising a pole body having a tubular upper portion, a removable cap at the upper end of said tubular portion, an elongate cylindrical chemiluminescent member inserted in said tubular upper portion, and an opening in the wall of said upper portion of the ski pole in registry with said chemiluminescent member whereby light from said member is emitted radially outwardly of said ski pole, the upper end of said ski pole tubular upper portion being of enlarged diameter to provide handle means and an internal ledge at the lower end of said enlarged diameter portion, said chemiluminescent member having a body portion and an enlarged end portion adapted to seat on said ledge whereby the body portion thereof extends downwardly in said ski pole below said handle means, said wall opening being disposed below said handle means, said ski pole having a dry cell battery overlying siad chemiluminescent member and probe elements projecting from the terminals thereof downwardly through the upper end of said chemiluminescent member to energize the latter.

4. An illuminated ski pole according to claim 3 including switch means between said dry cell battery and said probe elements and having an operating member projecting outwardly through the wall of said handle means.