Handle extension
OwnerPaolo Angelelliinventor
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Abstract
An endcap for a sporting implement includes a base portion and a transverse extension projecting from the base portion. The base portion has a bottom surface with a central axis normal thereto. A receptacle opposite the bottom surface is configured to receive a portion of the sporting implement. The extension is configured such that, during swinging of the sporting implement with a hand of a user gripping around the sporting implement portion, the extension contacts an exterior lateral portion and upper portion of fifth proximal phalanx of a user's hand and the hand is constrained in both the transverse and longitudinal aspects while being allowed rotation of a first metacarpal of the hand away from the central axis.
Claims20
An endcap for a sporting implement, comprising:
- a rigid base portion including:
- a bottom surface having a central axis normal thereto;
- opposite the bottom surface, a receptacle configured to receive a portion of the sporting implement;
- and
- surrounding the receptacle, at least one sidewall flaring towards the bottom surface;
- and
- projecting from the base portion, a rigid transverse extension having a width at a longitudinal cross-section maximum height that is no greater than 75% of a width of the base portion.
An endcap for a sporting implement, comprising:
- a rigid base portion including:
- a bottom surface having a central axis normal thereto;
- opposite the bottom surface, a receptacle configured to receive a portion of the sporting implement;
- and
- surrounding the receptacle, at least one sidewall flaring towards the bottom surface;
- and
- projecting from the base portion, a rigid transverse extension including, directed away from the rigid base portion bottom surface, a continuous inside surface which sweeps through an arc of less than 90 degrees away from the rigid base portion bottom surface and including a width at a longitudinal cross-section maximum height that is no greater than 75% of a width of the base portion.
A pallet system for a sporting implement, comprising:
- a prism comprising first and second mating shells configured to house and grip a handle core of the sporting implement, the prism having:
- configured to receive an endcap, a first end with a center;
- distal from the first end, a second end having a center;
- a central axis defined between the center of the first end and the center of the second end;
- and
- an exterior surface defined between first and second ends, surrounding the central axis and flaring towards the first end;
- and
- projecting from the exterior surface near the first end, a transverse extension having a width at a longitudinal cross-section maximum height that is no greater than 75% of a width of the prism.
A pallet system for a sporting implement, comprising:
- a prism comprising first and second mating shells configured to house and grip a handle core of the sporting implement, the prism having:
- configured to receive an endcap, a first end with a center;
- distal from the first end, a second end having a center;
- a central axis defined between the center of the first end and the center of the second end;
- an exterior surface defined between the first and second ends, surrounding the central axis and flaring towards the first end;
- and
- projecting from the exterior surface near the first end, a transverse extension including, directed towards the second end, a continuous inside surface which sweeps through an arc of less than 90 degrees towards the second end and also including a width at a longitudinal cross-section maximum height that is no greater than 75% of a width of the prism.
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