Patent ID: 6663500
Filing Date: 2003-12-16
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A golf club grip that includes an elongated composite strip, said strip comprising:a first segment having a backing layer to the upper surface of which is bonded a layer of polyurethane, with the upper surface of the polyurethane being heat-embossed with a friction enhancing pattern engaged by a players hands, the friction enhancing pattern defining water collection interstices, with water collected in the interstices being readily wiped off to dry the outside of the strip; the heat embossing also rendering the polyurethane layer substantially water-tight; a second segment having a backing layer to the upper surface of which is bonded a mesh formed of fabric fibers by means of a coating of polyurethane and with fibers of the mesh defining slip-resistant grooves in the upper surface of the polyurethane coating; adhesive on the underside of the backing layers of the first and second segments; and with a side edge of the first segment being adhesively attached along one of its side edges to a side edge of the second segment to define said composite strip.