Golf club grip

• US 5,460,372 A
• Filed: 05/10/1994
• Issued: 10/24/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1994
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Betty Forsythe Cook
• Original Assignee: Kliker Golf Company, Inc.
• Inventors: Cook, Raymon W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Millin, Vincent
• Assistant Examiner(s): Pierce, William M.
• Application Number:
  US08/241,154
• Time in Patent Office: 532 Days
• Field of Search: 273/75, 273/73 J, 273/81 R, 273/165, 273/81.2, 273/81.4, 273/81.5, 273/81 B, 273/81 D, 273/80 R, 273/67 DA, 273/67 DB, 273/167 D, D21/214, D21/217, D21/218, D21/219, D21/220, D21/222
• US Class Current: 473/204
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/14 Handles
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/00 Details or accessories of golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/16 Caps; Ferrules

Abstract

A grip for a golf club having a shaft. The grip has a generally tubular body portion for a length which extends along an upper section of the shaft. The body portion of the grip has a first end proximal to the shaft and a second capped end which is opposite the first end. The body portion has a wall thickness which is variable about the shaft along the bottom side, right side, and left side from the first to the second end. At the second end, the wall thickness along the top side is thin relative in relation to the wall thickness along the bottom side, while at the first end, the wall thickness along the top side is substantially equal to the wall thickness along the bottom side. The wall thickness of the grip along the top side is generally constant the entire length of the grip, and the thinness of the wall provides the golfer with an improved feel when a golf ball is struck. Several embodiments of the invention incorporate multifaceted planar faces which extend the entire length of the body portion of the grip to ensure the golfer grasps the grip the same way each time.

Claims

1. A golf club grip for a tubular shaft of a golf club, said shaft concentric about a first longitudinal axis, said grip comprising:

a generally tubular body portion eccentrically surrounding and extending a length along an upper section of said shaft;

a first end of said body portion proximal to said shaft;

a second capped end of said body portion opposite said first end, said body portion having a wall thickness and an outer surface having a multiplicity of planar faceted faces extending said entire length of said grip, said wall thickness beneath each of said planar faceted faces, except a flat top planar face, varying from said second capped end of said body portion to said first end of said body portion, said wall thickness beneath said top planar face and the width of said top planar face remaining constant the entire length of said grip from said second capped end to said first end, said wall thickness beneath said top planar face being less than said wall thickness beneath said other planar faceted faces.

2. The grip of claim 1 wherein said body portion further comprises an outer surface having twelve planar faceted faces extending said entire length of said grip.

3. The grip of claim 2 wherein said planar faceted faces are continuous from said first end of said body portion to said second end of said body portion, said planar faceted faces being bilaterally symmetrical about a vertical median plane of said body portion.

4. The grip of claim 1 wherein said body portion further comprises an outer surface having ten planar faceted faces extending said entire length of said grip.

5. The grip of claim 4 wherein said planar faceted faces are continuous from said first end of said body portion to said second capped end of said body portion.

6. The grip of claim 5 wherein said body portion further comprises a single elongated planar face along said left side of said body portion, said top side, said right side, and said bottom side having nine distinct planar faceted faces all of said faces continuous from said first end of said body portion to said second capped end of said body portion.

7. The grip of claim 1 wherein said body portion and said shaft are constructed as one continuous unit.