Patent ID: 8944943
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A device that encircles a shaft of a sporting good having a generally cylindrical outer surface, the device having a distal end and a proximal end and being comprised of two component parts having ends, wherein the ends of one of the component parts mate together with the ends of the other of the component parts to encircle the shaft and provide a hard exterior surface with at least one component part having a resilient interior portion for contacting and conforming to the circular outer surface of the sporting good, the resilient interior portion having a configuration that contacts and retains the device along the circular outer surface of the sporting good, the resilient interior portion comprising a plurality of inwardly directed deformable projections wherein some of the plurality of inwardly directed deformable projections are slanted in the direction toward the distal end and some of the inwardly directed deformable projections are slanted in the direction toward the proximal end.