Golf club grip
OwnerDon T. Cameroninventor
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a golf club grip with the look and feel of jelly or other aesthetically pleasing substances. More particularly, the grip is fabricated using a silicone rubber composition comprising polydimethylsiloxane, which provides the grip with a soft feel. In an innovative aspect of the present invention, an iterative method is used to add color pigments to the silicone rubber composition so that the grip's color matches the aesthetically pleasing colors of common substances such as jelly. In yet another aspect of the invention, the grip is translucent, allowing indicia to be formed underneath its outer surface.
Claims18
A golf club grip comprising:
- a polyorganosiloxane polymer, and
- one or more color pigments;
- wherein said golf club grip has a CIELAB L value between about 25 to 75, a CIELAB a value between about −30 to +30, and a CIELAB b value between about −30 to +30.
A method of manufacturing a golf club grip comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a sample substance;
- b. measuring spectral data of the sample substance;
- c. fabricating a prototype of the golf club grip with a polyorganosiloxane polymer and one or more color pigments;
- d. measuring spectral data of the prototype;
- e. determining if the prototype has color space values comparable to the sample substance's color space values;
- and
- f. fabricating at least one golf club grip if the color of the prototype is comparable to the sample substance's color, else repeating steps (a) to (e).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.