Display grip for sports equipment
AssigneeClive S. Lu
InventorsClive S. Lu, Andy A. Lu
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Abstract
A method is provided for protecting and displaying a design on sports equipment having a gripping end, comprising overlaying the design and the gripping end with a substantially seamless, substantially transparent top layer. Grips for sporting equipment, manufactured in accordance with the method, are provided also.
Claims13
A method for protecting and displaying a design on sports equipment having a gripping end, comprising overlaying the design and substantially an entirety of an exterior periphery of the gripping end with a substantially seamless, substantially transparent top layer, wherein the substantially transparent top layer is rendered seamless after the step of overlaying on the design and the gripping end;
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- providing at least one cushioning base layer overlaying the gripping end, wherein the design and the substantially transparent top layer overlay the at least one base layer;
- wherein the substantially transparent top layer is rendered substantially seamless by overlaying the design and gripping end with the substantially transparent planar sheet whereby a first side thereof contacts an opposed second side thereof, and fusing at least a portion of the first side and the second side together.
A grip for protecting and displaying a design on sports equipment having a gripping end, comprising a substantially seamless, substantially transparent top layer overlaying a design and the gripping end, said design comprising at least one groove, channel, or ridge disposed on an underside of the substantially transparent top layer, wherein the substantially transparent top layer is rendered seamless after the step of overlaying on the design and the gripping end, and further wherein at least a portion of the substantially transparent top layer is fused to at least a portion of the at least one base layer and/or to the gripping end to substantially prevent fluid communication between an exterior and an interior of the substantially transparent top layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.