Improvement on Handles of Golf Clubs.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17.h Dec., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 22nd May, 1895-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement on Handles of Golf Clubs.
BERNARD SAYERS, Golf Club Maker, North Berwick, Scotland, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention consists in an appliance which can be attached to the handle of
any club for playing golf, for the purpose of preventing the club turning in the
hand when in the act of striking the ball, which is one of the most usual faults in
playing golf clubs particularly with learners of the game. The appliance is
described thus, a band or strip of india rubber, leather, cloth or any more suitable
material about 1" wide attached in a slanting position to the handle of clubs at a
point where the left hand grasps the club. The left hand goes through this band
or sling which holds firmly on to the back of the hand with the result that the
hand does not change its position in striking the ball.
Dated this 15th day of December 1895.
JOHNSONS,
115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Petitioner's Agents.
Improvement on Handles of Golf Clubs.
1, BERNARD SAYERS, Golf Club Maker, North Berwick, Scotland do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
My invention consists in an appliance which can be attached to the handle of
any club for playing golf for the purpose of preventing the club turning in the
hand when in the act of striking the ball, and also for the purpose of ensuring that
the hand grasps the club in a correct position.
I employ a band or strip of india rubber, leather, cloth, or other suitable
material, preferably about 1 inch wide attached in a slanting position to the handle
of the club at a point where the one or left hand grips the club. The left hand
goes through this band or sling which holds firmly on to the back of the hand with
the result that the hand does not change its position in striking the ball.
Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawings show a full view and a side view respectively of
the india rubber band or sling A which is secured to the club handle B. The two
ends of the said band may be secured to the handle in any convenient manner
of the club handle, or by
such as by means of the ordinary leather wrapping
the ends of the band being bound to the wood of the club by cord, or in any other
convenient manner.
I do not limit myself to the precise position in which the strip is fixed upon the
handle; for example it may be arranged so as to be across the fingers instead of
across the back of the hand. Also the strip may be adjustably secured to the
handle instead of being fixed so that its position may be varied as desired.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
The band or sling for attaching to a golf club handle and through which the
one or left hand is placed, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore
described.
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JOHNSONS,
115 St. Vincent Street, Glasgow, Applicant's Agents.