Combination safety strap and handle for ski poles

Claim 1

A combination safety strap and handle for ski poles comprising: a handle having a central bore adapted to be mounted to a ski pole; a strap member having at least one elongated strip section of soft flexible material interconnected to said handle, and wherein the strap includes at least one free end that is releasably attachable to another point of the strap to define a releasable loop; wherein the strap member comprises: a first strip section having a predetermined length wherein one end thereof is secured to said handle, and the opposite end thereof extends outwardly from said handle, providing a free end thereof; a second elongated soft flexible strip section having oppositely disposed free ends wherein one free end thereof is releasably connected to said free end of said first strip, and said other free end of said second strip section is releasably connected along said second strip to define an adjustable loop thereon; a first hook-and-loop, releasably engageable fastener means having one mating tape member affixed to said free end of said first strip section, and the other mating tape member thereof affixed to one of said free ends of said second strip member, whereby said first and second strip members are releasably interconnected; and a second hook-and-loop, releasably engageable fastener means having one mating tape member affixed to the other said free end of said second strip member, and said other mating tape member affixed to said second strip member wherein said loop is formed by connecting each of said mating tapes of said second fastener means.