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Sports equipment handleRelated Patent Categories: Games Using Tangible Projectile, Golf, Club Or Club Support, GripSports equipment handle description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20070015599, Sports equipment handle. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a sports equipment handle, and more particularly to a handle pipe being used together with a sheet handle strap and having a groove axially disposed along the circumferential surface of the handle pipe for receiving the overlapped edges of the sheet handle strap, so that the external circumferential surface of the handle strip will not be protruded. [0003] 2. Description of the Related Art [0004] Referring to FIG. 1 for the cross-sectional view of a sports equipment handle pipe 11 being wrapped by a sheet handle strap 10, the sports equipment handle pipe has a complete continuous external circumferential surface, and the sheet handle strap 10 is wrapped around and fixed onto the external circumferential surface of the handle pipe 11, and the corresponding edges 101, 102 are overlapped and glued together. If the overlapped edges 101, 102 are not thinned edges, the external circumferential surface of the sports equipment handle pipe 11 forms a protrusion 103. The protrusion 103 becomes an action point of force, and makes it uncomfortable for users to grip. Furthermore, the overlapped edges will be lifted or loosened easily. [0005] Referring to FIG. 2 for the solution for overcoming the foregoing problem, the surfaces of the two overlapped edges 101, 102 corresponding to the surface of the handle pipe 11 are thinned, so as to reduce the thickness of the overlapped edges and avoid the formation of a protrusion 103. In addition to thinning the overlapped edges corresponding to the surface of the handle pipe 11, some manufacturers thermal press the other side of the overlapped edges to further reduce the thickness of the overlapped edges. As a result, no protrusion will be formed, but a slight recession will be formed to make the overlapped edges no longer an action point of force. [0006] However, both thinning and thermal pressing processes not only increase the manufacturing cost, but also make the overlapped edges too thin or too easy to break. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0007] To overcome the foregoing shortcomings of the prior art, the present invention provides a feasible solution to thin one side of the overlapped edges to avoid the formation of the protrusion. Therefore, it is a primary objective of the present invention to provide a groove on the handle pipe for fixing the overlapped edges of the foregoing sheet handle strap and use the depth of the groove to offset the thickness of the overlapped edges of the sheet handle strap, so that no protrusion will be formed at the overlapped position on the external circumferential surface of the handle strap. In other words, at least a part of the external circumferential surface of the handle strap at the overlapped position is even with the overall external circumferential surface of the handle strap. [0008] The handle sports equipment handle pipe that goes with a sheet handle strap comprises a sheet handle strap wrapped around and fixed onto a sports equipment handle pipe, and the two corresponding edges are overlapped and fixed. A groove is provided along the axial length of the external circumferential surface of the handle pipe for fixing the two corresponding overlapped edges of the handle strap. One of the corresponding sides of the sheet handle strap is of the same thickness with the uncut edge of the handle strap, and the other side is a thinned edge, such that the uncut edge is fixed into the groove and the cut edge is overlapped and fixed onto the uncut edge. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0009] FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a prior art handle pipe wrapped and fixed by a sheet handle strap; [0010] FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of another prior art handle pipe wrapped and fixed by a sheet handle strap; [0011] FIG. 3 is a perspective view of a handle pipe and a sheet handle strap of the present invention; [0012] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a handle pipe being wrapped by a sheet handle strap according to the present invention; [0013] FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of Section 5-5 as depicted in FIG. 3; [0014] FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of Section 6-6 as depicted in FIG. 4; [0015] FIG. 7 is an enlarged view of part of FIG. 6; [0016] FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a handle pipe assembled with a sheet handle strap according to the present invention; [0017] FIG. 9 is an enlarged view of part of FIG. 8; [0018] FIG. 10 is a cross-sectional view of a handle pipe assembled with a sheet handle strap according to the present invention; [0019] FIG. 11 is an enlarged view of part of FIG. 10; [0020] FIG. 12 is a cross-sectional view of a handle pipe assembled with a sheet handle strap according to the present invention; [0021] FIG. 13 is a cross-sectional view of a handle pipe assembled with a sheet handle strap according to the present invention; and Continue reading about Sports equipment handle... 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