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US 2004/0062918 A1Published application
Method and device for improving the frictional engagement between two contract surfaces
OwnerDan Johanssoninventor
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Method for obtaining an improved but easily adjustable and releasable frictional engagement between two contact surfaces. According to the method, both contact surfaces are provided with material layers (2, 4) which, when there is low contact pressure between the contact surfaces, ensure that these surfaces are able to move comparatively easily in relation to each other, but, when there is higher contact pressure, these material layers engage in each other and make relative movement between the contact surfaces impossible or substantially difficult. This can be achieved by means of both contact surfaces being flocked with a layer of short fibres (5), in particular synthetic fibres. The invention also relates to an arrangement for obtaining an improved frictional engagement between two contact surfaces and to objects provided with such contact surfaces.
Method for obtaining an improved but easily adjustable and releasable frictional engagement between two contact surfaces, characterized in that both contact surfaces are provided with a layer of short and substantially straight fibres, that the fibre layers on both contact surfaces are of the same kind, and that the fibres project from the respective surface, so that, when there is low contact pressure between the contact surfaces, these surfaces are able to move comparatively easily in relation to each other, but, when there is higher contact pressure, the fibre layers on the contact surfaces engage in each other and make relative movement between the contact surfaces impossible or substantially difficult.
Arrangement for obtaining an improved but easily adjustable and releasable frictional engagement between two contact surfaces, characterized in that a layer (2, 4) of short and substantially straight fibres (5) is arranged on both contact surfaces, that the fibre layers on both contact surfaces are of the same kind, and that the fibres project from the respective surface, so that, when there is low contact pressure between the contact surfaces, these surfaces are able to move comparatively easily in relation to each other, but, when there is higher contact pressure, the fibre layers (2, 4) on the contact surfaces are designed to engage in each other and make relative movement between the contact surfaces impossible or substantially difficult.
Glove, characterized in that it is provided with a flocked layer (2) of short and substantially straight fibres over at least part of the grip surface in order to improve the grip when gripping an object (3) provided with a flocked fibre layer (4) of the same kind.
Flexible support in the form of a cloth or a band, characterized in that it is provided with a flocked layer of short and substantially straight fibres, and that it is designed to be secured on a glove (1) or to be wound round a hand in order to improve the grip when gripping an object (3) provided with a flocked fibre layer (4) of the same kind.
Hand-held object, for example a golf club, characterized in that at least part of the grip area (3) is provided with a flocked layer (4) of short and substantially straight fibres in order to improve the grip when gripping the object with a glove (1) provided with a flocked fibre layer (2) of the same kind over at least part of the grip surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.