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US 7,404,770 B2Granted
Single panel golf club grip
OwnerBen Huanginventor
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Abstract
A grip for the handle of a golf club having a single polyurethane-felt panel that is wrapped about an underlisting sleeve. The side edges of the panel are adhesively sealed together. The unitary grip reduces impact shock and also provides a feeling of tackiness in the manner of a spirally wrapped polyurethane-felt grip.
Claims18
A method of making a grip for the handle of a golf club, such method including the steps of:
- providing a resilient underlisting sleeve comprising an integral nipple, the sleeve configured to be telescopically slipped onto the handle of a golf club;
- providing a single panel having a main portion of substantially uniform thickness that includes a thinner polyurethane outside layer bonded to a thicker felt inside layer, such panel defining an inner face, a first side edge, and a second side edge, the panel having a configuration corresponding to the exterior shape of the resilient sleeve;
- skiving the first side edge of the panel;
- skiving the second side edge of the panel;
- wrapping the single panel about the underlisting sleeve;
- adhering the inner face of the panel to the underlisting sleeve, wherein the panel defines a seam extending from a first end of the panel to a second end of the panel;
- and
- covering the seam with a deposit of polyurethane.
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A method of making a grip for the handle of a golf club, such method including the steps of:
- providing a resilient underlisting sleeve comprising an integral nipple, the sleeve configured to be telescopically slipped onto the handle of a golf club;
- providing a single panel having a main portion of substantially uniform thickness that includes a thinner polyurethane outside layer bonded to a thicker felt inside layer, such panel defining an inner face, a first side edge, and a second side edge, the panel having a configuration corresponding to the exterior shape of the resilient sleeve;
- skiving the first side edge of the panel;
- skiving the second side edge of the panel;
- wrapping the single panel about the underlisting sleeve;
- adhering the inner face of the panel to the underlisting sleeve, wherein the panel defines a seam extending from a first end of the panel to a second end of the panel;
- forming a heat depressed channel in the outside layer exteriorially along the length of the seam to reinforce the seam;
- and
- covering the seam with a deposit of polyurethane.
6 more elements
A method of making a grip for the handle of a golf club, such method including the steps of:
- providing a resilient underlisting sleeve comprising an integral nipple formed with an upwardly facing circumferential slot such that the outer portion of the nipple slot being defined by a peripheral lip and a cap formed with a downwardly facing slot, the sleeve configured to be telescopically slipped onto the handle of a golf club;
- providing a single panel having a main portion of substantially uniform thickness that includes a thinner polyurethane outside layer bonded to a thicker felt inside layer, such panel defining an inner face, a first side edge, and a second side edge, the panel having a configuration corresponding to the exterior shape of the resilient sleeve;
- skiving the first side edge of the panel;
- skiving the second side edge of the panel;
- wrapping the single panel about the underlisting sleeve:
- inserting the top edge of the panel into the cap slot to be firmly retained therein and firmly retaining the bottom edge of the panel in the nipple slot with the peripheral lip;
- adhering the inner face of the panel to the underlisting sleeve, wherein the panel defines a seam extending from a first end of the panel to a second end of the panel;
- forming a heat depressed channel in the outside layer exteriorially along the length of the seam to reinforce the seam;
- and
- covering the seam with a deposit of polyurethane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.