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Golf club grip

Golf club grip description/claims

This is a Divisional Application of co-pending U.S. application Ser. No. 11/647,009 filed Dec. 27, 2006.

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to golf clubs. More particularly, the invention concerns a golf club grip of novel design.

2. Discussion of the Prior Art

A wide variety of golf club grips for interconnection with golf club shafts have been suggested in the past. A very common type of prior art golf club grip consists of a first layer of double-sided adhesive tape that is wound about the gripping extremity of the golf club shaft. A second layer comprising an elongated strip of leather-like material is then spirally wrapped about the first layer to form the completed grip.

Conventional prior art golf club grips are often somewhat complex in construction, difficult to affix to the golf club and often times are quite costly. Additionally, because of the configuration of the prior art golf clubs and the conventional golf club grips that are affixed thereto, the grips tend to become scuffed and damaged as they are repeatedly inserted into and removed from the golf bag. This damage is due to the golf club grips striking other golf clubs that are already in the golf bag as well as repeatedly engaging the sides and bottom of the golf bag.

The thrust of the present invention is to overcome the drawbacks of the prior art golf club grips by providing a novel grip that is of simple construction, can be inexpensively manufactured and one that can be easily and quickly interconnected with a golf club. More particularly, in one form of the invention the but portion of the golf club grip is provided with a low friction cap of novel construction that can easily slide along the sides of the golf bag as well as the golf clubs within the bag in a manner to effectively protect the golf club grips from damage. While various materials can be used to construct the cap, materials exhibiting low friction properties, such as graphite, fluoropolymer resins (TEFLON) and like materials have been shown to be suitable.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel golf club grip that can be easily and quickly interconnected with the shaft of the golf club.

Another object of the invention is to provide a novel golf club grip of the aforementioned character that is durable in use, is of simple construction and one that can be inexpensively manufactured.

Another object of the invention is to provide a golf club grip of the character described, which includes a novel end cap that is constructed from a graphite or like material that protects the golf club grip as a golf club is inserted into and removed from the golf bag and also functions to protect other golf clubs already within the bag.

FIG. 1 is a generally perspective view of one form of the golf club grip of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along lines 2-2 of FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a generally perspective, fragmentary, exploded view of an alternate form of the golf club grip of the present invention having a low friction end cap.

FIG. 4 is a generally perspective, fragmentary view similar to FIG. 3, but showing the low friction end cap interconnected with the body portion of the grip.

FIG. 4A is a generally perspective, full view of the golf club grip shown in FIG. 4, partly broken away to show internal construction.

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