[steven 1]

Because i have some of these these poles.

[ben M]

windie, i think you need to find another supplier in China 

[steven 1]

The stupid spring in the clamp stops them from closing, it is a poor imitation of gardiner pole.
Alex has not got to worry the slightest.

[paul13]

Now that's added another three pages

[Mitchellmoxo]

People on the bandwagon gardiners and the like was there first competition is healthy they just need to stay 2 steps ahead!!

[G Griffin]

I'd like to see him on Dragon's Den!!

He is.
It's called 'Enter the Dragon's Den'. 

[♠Winp®oClean♠]

This is better than any soap I've ever encountered!!

[gary999]

Leave it!

[andyM]

Just settling down with my popcorn and cheesy nibbles..............

[Frankybadboy]

good morning all happy new year

[oldman]

And a Happy New Year to you too   .

[Dave Willis]

Mornin' everybody, blimey, last year went out with a bang 

Happy New Year!

[Frankybadboy]

Mornin' everybody, blimey, last year went out with a bang 

Happy New Year!

o it did alright 

[alfie11]

However from my examination of all examples so far it would appear that they do not have any of the unique operation features of a smart clamp. Saves me the hassle of enforcing the UK and Chinese Patent if this is the case


^^^^ your gb patent is not for any type clamp design and I can not find  patent designs registered to you for clamps, your pending applications do not cover any type of clamp design, if you do have them please feel free to post patent numbers for clamps... Apologies if I am mistaken

[wightsurf]

from there website,all I can find >
UK, US, European & Chinese Utility Patents applied

Chinese Patent Application No: 201310301256.1

US Patent Application No: 13/951, 939

and when trying to use US search I get this >All patent numbers must be seven characters in length, excluding commas, which are optional. Examples:

[Alex Gardiner]

However from my examination of all examples so far it would appear that they do not have any of the unique operation features of a smart clamp. Saves me the hassle of enforcing the UK and Chinese Patent if this is the case


^^^^ your gb patent is not for any type clamp design and I can not find  patent designs registered to you for clamps, your pending applications do not cover any type of clamp design, if you do have them please feel free to post patent numbers for clamps... Apologies if I am mistaken

Hi Alfie

I do not think that we have spoken before?

Most application numbers are posted on the website (but not all of them   ). We do have 4 pending Patents covering the smart clamps with maybe a 5th one on the way to cover another potential feature. We have also taken the step with the Smart Clamps to get a Patent in China as this is where a lot of products are 'cloned'.

It is a shame that businesses have to do this. But due to the fact that a lot of our previous ideas and design features have been 'emulated' in the past - we decided that all future ideas/tools will be as protected as possible to protect the large financial investment that goes into them.

[[GQC] Tim]

Would be interesting to see how this compares to Alex Gardiner's patent on smart clamps. To me, and I could be wrong, it seems like a blatant rip-off in design principle, even though the smart clamps do somewhat differ.  Need to go to my van now and actually check. 

Any comments Alex?

Alex commented on another forum that they worked differently. Personally, I can't see them working as the spring would be 'forcing' the jaws open rather than clamping down on the worn section.

It does indeed seem so.

[Spruce]

Would be interesting to see how this compares to Alex Gardiner's patent on smart clamps. To me, and I could be wrong, it seems like a blatant rip-off in design principle, even though the smart clamps do somewhat differ.  Need to go to my van now and actually check. 

Any comments Alex?

Alex commented on another forum that they worked differently. Personally, I can't see them working as the spring would be 'forcing' the jaws open rather than clamping down on the worn section.

It does indeed seem so.

Now we know why the Aquadapter V lite poles haven't materialised yet.Stephen doesn't have much good to say about the clamps - and the clamps maketh the pole.

[wightsurf]

unless you use your pole clampless 

[steven 1]

The clamps are useless!

Anyway i am using these poles.

clamps are strong but dont work well.

So i have added a feature to them (the missing feature) and they work very well now.

Removed the spring as this is a no go (not fair on alex) or any of alex features, but added a unique feature and they work very good.

They will be ready very soon, took a bit of head scratching but sorted now.

Steven.