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US 2002/0173371 A1Published application
Method of manufacturing a molded grip
OwnerRobert E. Lamkin, Michael E. Lamkininventors
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Abstract
A grip for a sporting implement includes an underlisting of an elastic material and in one embodiment a removable sleeve adapted to be releasably seated in an annular recess in the underlisting and in a second embodiment a material is molded into the annular recess of the underlisting and in both embodiments, any desired pattern can be formed in the outer surface of the grip and of any desired color.
Claims5
A method of manufacturing a grip for a sporting implement comprising the steps of:
- forming a tubular underlisting of an elastic material defining a hollow core,
- placing a mandrel in the hollow core,
- forming a mold having a cavity therein of slightly larger dimension than said tubular underlisting and with a passageway for injecting a moldable material into said cavity,
- placing the tubular underlisting with the mandrel in the cavity, and
- injecting a moldable material into the cavity to form an annular body of said moldable material around said tubular underlisting.
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