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US 2013/0074288 A1Published application
Nonblistering paddle sleeve
OwnerPaul D. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
A pliable tubular paddle hand grip sleeve that reduces friction, motion, chaffing, wear and ultimately blisters to the hand during the normal paddling motion by isolating the motion to the surfaces between the paddle shaft and hand grip sleeve. The sleeve is slipped on to any paddle shaft without any effect to paddle. The sleeve maintains the cross sectional size and all radial and axial contours of any paddle shaft.
Claims20
A hand grip for a paddle comprising:
- a pliable cylindrical sleeve capable of encircling the paddle shaft and is slideably moveable about that shaft;
- wherein the sleeve is of a length sufficiently long enough to extend beyond both sides of a paddlers hand such that the hand does not make contact with the paddle shaft as the paddler holds the paddle;
- wherein the sleeve has an inner diameter sufficiently large enough to allow for the slideable motion about the paddle shaft without bunching up under the paddler's hand;
- wherein the sleeve has an interior surface contacting the paddle shaft that allows slippage between the cylindrical sleeve and the paddle shaft;
- wherein the sleeve has an exterior surface contacting the hand that minimizes motion between the paddlers hand and cylindrical sleeve.
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A slideable hand placement sock for gripping a paddle comprising:
- a flexible tubular sock capable of slipping over the paddle shaft and is slideably moveable about that shaft;
- wherein the sock is of a length sufficiently long enough to extend beyond both sides of a paddlers hand such that the hand does not make contact with the paddle shaft as the paddler holds the paddle;
- wherein the sock is of a diameter sufficiently large enough to allow for the slideable motion about the paddle shaft without bunching up under the paddler's hand;
- wherein the sock has an interior surface contacting the paddle shaft that allows slippage between the cylindrical sleeve and the paddle shaft and an exterior surface contacting the hand that minimizes motion between the paddlers hand and cylindrical sleeve.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.