Patent ID: 6830518
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An adjustable grip bowling ball kit, comprising:a tubular sleeve member adapted for permanent insertion into a bowling ball grip hole, said tubular sleeve member having a sleeve outer diameter surface and a sleeve inner diameter surface, the sleeve inner diameter surface defining a sleeve interior said tubular sleeve member further equipped with at least one guide member extending from said sleeve inner diameter surface into said sleeve interior; a plurality of rotatably interchangeable inserts adapted to be coaxially received in said tubular sleeve member and removed therefrom, each said insert having an insert outer diameter surface and an insert inner diameter surface, the insert inner diameter surface defining an insert interior, said insert outer diameter surface of each said insert of smaller diameter than said sleeve inner diameter surface, each said insert having a wall thickness defined by the radial distance between the insert outer diameter surface and the insert inner diameter surface, each said insert having a distal end and a proximal end; each said insert further equipped with at least one longitudinal channel groove extending longitudinally along the insert outer diameter surface from said distal end, said longitudinal channel groove adapted to receive said guide member of said tubular sleeve member upon insertion of said distal end of said insert into said tubular sleeve member, said longitudinal channel groove terminating in a circumferential channel groove near said insert proximal end, said circumferential channel groove extending circumferentially along said insert outer diameter surface and terminating in a guide retention member, the guide retention member having a circular portion adjacent a detent, said circumferential channel groove adapted to receive said guide member, said longitudinal and circumferential channel grooves having a depth extending only partially into the wall thickness of said insert; wherein insertion of the insert causes the guide member to cooperatively engage said longitudinal channel groove, upon complete insertion of said insert, rotation of said insert in the tubular sleeve member in one direction causes the guide member to cooperatively engage said circumferential channel groove, upon complete rotation of said insert, the guide member engages said guide retention member, said insert being rotated with sufficient force to allow the guide member to pass beyond the detent and lock into place in the circular portion securing the insert within said tubular sleeve member, upon rotation of the insert in an opposite direction, the guide member disengages from the guide retention member, said insert being rotated with sufficient force to allow the guide member to pass beyond the detent into the circumferential channel groove to facilitate easy removal of the insert from the tubular sleeve member.