Grip and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeShimano Inc.
InventorToshihiko Yasui
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Abstract
A cork grip includes a main part (21) that is formed of cork pieces each having a predetermined cylindrical shape that are punched out of a cork sheet formed of cork material stripped from a cork tree and pressed into the shape of a board. The cork sheet is punched into the cylindrical shapes in such a manner that pithy tissues (6a) of the cork intersect with the axial direction of the main part (21). The pithy tissues (6a) of the main part 21 are filled with a filling agent that includes a mixture of binder and cork powder.
Claims6
A grip for fishing rods, golf clubs, and like hand-held implements, the grip comprising:
- a cylindrical cork material main part formed such that pithy tissues naturally occurring in the cork material are oriented substantially orthogonal to the cylindrically longitudinal axis of said main part;
- and
- a filling agent filling the pithy tissues.
A method of manufacturing a grip for fishing rods, golf clubs, and like hand-held implements, the method comprising the steps of:
- punching out cylindrical cork pieces from a cork material such that naturally occurring pithy tissues in the cork material intersect the cylindrically longitudinal axis of each cork piece;
- and
- applying a filling agent to the pithy tissues thereby filling in voids associated with the pithy tissues.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.