Grip sleeve for sports gear

Abstract

A grip sleeve includes a sleeve member for sleeving onto a shaft of a sports gear, and a flexible wrapping member wrapped about the sleeve member. The sleeve member has a head, a heel and a body between the head and the heel. The body of the sleeve member has a radially-recessed annular locating groove at least one of two distal ends thereof. The flexible wrapping member is wrapped about the body of the sleeve member in flush with the head and the heel for the grasp by hand comfortably. The flexible wrapping member has an end edge tightly engaged into the annular locating groove of the body of the sleeve member to prohibit axial displacement of the flexible wrapping member relative to the body of the sleeve member.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0001]1. Field of the Invention[0002]The present invention relates generally to sports gears and more particularly, to a grip sleeve for fastened to the handle of a sports gear.[0003]2. Description of the Related Art[0004]The handle of a sports gear, a golf club shaft for example, is generally mounted with a grip sleeve made out of a flexible material for the holding of the user's hand so that the user can operate the sports gear comfortably without receiving a painful shock.[0005]FIG. 1 illustrates a grip sleeve constructed according to US patent publication No. 2003 / 022893A1. According to this design, the grip sleeve 1 is comprised of a sleeve member 2 and a flexible sheet member 3. The sleeve 2 has a head 4 and a body portion 5, which has a diameter smaller than the head 4. The flexible sheet member 3 is wrapped about the body portion 5 of the sleeve member 2 and kept in flush with the head 4. For holding the flexible sheet member 3 positively in positi...

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Benefits of technology

[0008]To achieve this objective of the present invention, the grip sleeve comprises a sleeve member for sleeving onto a shaft of a sports gear, and a flexible wrapping member wrapped about the sleeve member. The sleeve member has a head, a heel and a body between the head and the heel. The head and the heel each have an outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the body. The body has a radially-recessed annular locating groove extending around the periphery at least one of two distal ends thereof. The flexible wrapping member has an inner surface bonded to the periphery of the body of the sleeve member, an outer surface opposite to the inner surface and an end edge engaged into the radially-recessed annular locating groove for prohibiting axial displacement of the flexible wrapping member relative to the body of the sleeve member when the outer surface of the wrapping member is grasped by hand.

Problems solved by technology

However, the thinned lip 7 of the head 4 tends to be opened or curved outwards by an external force or object, and the user's hand that holds the grip sleeve will feel uncomfortable when this happened.

The main drawback of this design of golf club grip sleeve is that the end edge of the annular skirt member tends to be opened, curved outwards, and damaged.

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