Patent ID: 8418321

Claim:
A grip assembly configured for mounting on shaft, said grip assembly including: a sleeve having a perimeter wall and a pair of opposed ends, said sleeve being positionable on a shaft such that the shaft extends through said opposed ends; a grip being pivotally coupled to said sleeve, said grip comprising a tube including a peripheral wall having an open first end and an open second end, said peripheral wall having a pair of breaks therein, each of said breaks extending through each of said first and second ends such that a first portion and a second portion of said grip is defined, said first and second portions being hingedly coupled together and being positioned in an open condition or in a closed condition; and said first end of said grip being pivotally coupled to said sleeve, said grip being releasably positioned in a stored position defined by being in said closed condition and extending around said sleeve or said grip being movably positioned into a deployed position extending outwardly away from said sleeve and in said closed condition, said grip being placed in said open condition when moving said grip between said stored and deployed positions.