Patent ID: 6449803
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: A63B,Y10T

Abstract:
A grip for a handle or shaft, said grip including core means adapted to be fitted to said handle or shaft and a strip of material wound around at least one of said handle, said shaft and said core means to provide, in use, a wound grip; said core means having a first end and a second end and a body therebetween, and having a peripheral flange at said second end in the form of a skirt; said strip being wound toward said second end of said core means on at least one of said handle, said shaft and said core means; and said peripheral flange being adapted, in use, to be flexed from a position where the skirt is directed away from said first end while said strip is applied to said at least one of said handle, said shaft and said core means, to a position where the skirt is directed toward said first end, and over said wound strip to prevent unwinding of said strip from said at least one of said handle, said shaft and said core means.