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US 11,040,260 B1Granted
Customized golf club grip
OwnerCharles Isgarinventor
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Abstract
Provided is a customized golf club grip and methods of forming the same. The customized golf grips may include customization based on pronation and supination, a computer aided system for producing customized golf grips, a mold for producing a customized grip, a smart grip and use thereof for a customized grip, and the like.
Claims8
A method of creating a golf club with a customized grip, the method comprising:
- receiving a grip mold squeezed by a golfer forming a unique anatomical mold of the golfer's hands;
- forming the customized grip as a unitary body, wherein the customized grip is formed from the unique anatomical mold;
- coupling the customized grip to a shaft of a golf club;
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- covering the customized grip with a uniform grip member, wherein forming the grip comprises forming a portion of the grip with a substrata member having a compressible material located in depressions of the customized grip formed from the unique anatomical mold.
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A method of forming creating a golf club with a customized grip comprising:
- collecting grip pressure data from a smart grip comprising imbedded pressure sensors, wherein the grip pressure data includes magnitudes and locations of pressure points of a golfer's hands gripping the smart grip;
- manufacturing a custom grip with at least a first substrate and a second substrate wherein the first substrate is softer than the second substrate, wherein the customized grip is formed with the first substrate located in portions of the customized grip at locations where the magnitude of pressure is above a predetermined pressure magnitude and the second substrate is located in portions of the customized grip at locations where the magnitude of pressure is below the predetermined pressure magnitude;
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- coupling the customized grip to a shaft of a golf club.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.