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Flexible grip and method of making same

A gripping and flexible technology, applied in the direction of manufacturing tools, sports accessories, hand-held tools, etc., can solve the problems of providing transparency, clarity, and the ability to maintain a firm grip on difficult-to-flex materials.

Inactive Publication Date: 2009-05-13
EATON CORP
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Such clear grips have gained market acceptance; however, it has been difficult to provide a transparent or visually clear outer surface to the flexible material used for the grip
Additionally, if the outer surface of the flexible grip is sufficiently smooth or polished to provide the desired transparency, it can adversely affect the user's ability to maintain a grip during use.

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[0008] With reference to Fig. 1 and 3, upper and lower half-mould parts represent with 10,12 respectively, and are respectively formed with cavity forming mold surface 14,16 inside, and described cavity forms mold surface and is configured to in described mold part as shown in the figure The dashed lines in 1, when closed as shown, provide the desired outer surface of the grip to be molded. Each mold surface 14, 16 is internally formed with a plurality of shallow recesses 18, 20, respectively, into which the material of the grip will flow during molding. The recesses 18, 20 may have any desired configuration and arrangement, such as arranged in a diamond shape or a half cross in a staggered pattern as shown in the figures.

[0009] exist image 3 The arrangement of the recesses is shown in enlarged detail for the lower mold half 12 .

[0010] After forming the recesses 18, 20 and prior to molding, the surfaces 14, 16 of the mold parts 10, 12 are highly polished to a mirror-li...

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Abstract

A flexible grip for hand engaged implements or tools which is formed of transparent material with an optically clear outer surface with raised texture-forming portions thereon. The grip is molded in a cavity having depressions therein for forming the raised portions, and the inner surface of the cavity is highly polished to provide an optically clear outer surface for the molded grip.

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technical field [0001] The invention relates to a flexible grip for hand-held instruments or tools, in particular a grip of this type which can be mounted on the handle of a tool or instrument after it has been made from a basic device. Such grips may be used, for example, on sporting equipment (such as golf clubs or tennis rackets) and on tools (such as carpenter's or mason's hammers and garden tools), where it is desirable to provide elastic or flexible grips, which The grip is comfortable to the hand yet provides sufficient retention or friction to prevent the instrument or implement from slipping out of the user's hand as it moves in use. Background technique [0002] It has been found in certain applications that it is desirable from a marketing point of view to provide a transparent or visually clear grip on a tool or instrument so that the user can see the logo, logo, etc. placed on the handle during manufacture. Design or information sign. Such transparent grips ha...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): B29C33/42B25G1/02B25G1/10A63B59/00A63B53/14
CPCA63B2209/00B29K2995/0029B29C33/424B29K2995/0026B29L2031/463A63B49/08B29C2043/023B29C37/0053A63B59/0014B29K2995/0022B29K2021/00B25G1/10B29C43/52A63B53/14B29L2023/00B29K2995/0072B29C45/372B29L2031/5227B29C43/021B29L2031/52B29L2031/283A63B59/0029A63B60/10A63B60/06A63B60/08A63B60/14A63B60/00
Inventor D·K·吉尔
Owner EATON CORP