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US 7,458,902 B2Granted
Changeable golf grip
AssigneeEaton Corporation
InventorDavid Keith Gill
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Abstract
A changeable grip 20 for a shock imparting implement grip has a body 22, ferrule element 24, and a sleeve 26. The body 22 and sleeve 26 portions of the grip are threadably connected to the ferrule element 24 which is attached to the shaft 14 of a shock imparting implement.
Claims18
A changeable golf club grip comprising:
- a body forming an upper portion of the grip, said body having a hollow portion with a threaded inner surface at a lower end, said body having a cap at an upper end;
- a ferrule element forming a lower portion of the grip, said ferrule element having a threaded portion on an outer surface of an upper end of said ferrule element, said threaded portion being constructed for engagement with said threaded inner surface of said body, said ferrule element having a lower end constructed to attach to a shaft of a golf club wherein said lower end of said ferrule element comprises an annular groove in a top ridge of said lower end, and a washer is disposed therein;
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- a sleeve covering said body for providing a gripping surface.
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An improved golf club with a changeable grip, comprising:
- a shaft having an upper and a lower end;
- a club head attached to the lower end of said shaft;
- a ferrule element attached to the upper end of said shaft, said ferrule element having a threaded portion on an outer surface of an upper end of said ferrule element, said ferrule element further having an annular groove in a ridge disposed at an end of said threaded portion nearest the lower end of said shaft;
- an elastomeric washer disposed within said annular groove in said ferrule element;
- a body forming an upper portion of the grip, said body having a hollow portion with a threaded inner surface at a lower end, said threaded inner surface of said body being constructed to threadably engage said threaded portion of said ferrule element for removably attaching said body to said ferrule on said shaft, said body further having a cap at an upper end, said cap having an outer annular shoulder;
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- a sleeve constructed to cover an outer surface of said body between said cap and for providing a gripping surface for the improved golf club.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.