Patent ID: 6361450
Filing Date: 2002-03-26
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A grip assembly for the handle of a golf club shaft, said assembly comprising:a resilient underlisting sleeve formed at its upper end with a cap and at its lower end with a nipple, the sleeve being telescopically received by the shaft handle; a resilient strip spirally wrapped about the underlisting sleeve between the underside of the cap and the upper surface of the nipple; and a finishing collar having sidewalls the lower ends of which are formed with a radially inwarding extending lip that is in engagement with the lower surface of the nipple, with such sidewalls encompassing the nipple and the lower portion of the resilient strip, said finishing collar having an elasticity which enables it to be expanded sufficiently to be slipped over the lower end of the sleeve and strip, but to remain positioned over the lower end of the sleeve and strip to securely retain the lower portion of the sleeve to the handle of the golf club.