Patent ID: 7128656

Claim:
A device for gripping a shaft of a club, comprising a main support surface in the form of a hard material member that extends in a crown between opposite one and another sides thereof and defining a passage extending in a first direction and dimensioned sufficiently to receive the back side of a users hand therein, a hard material tubular member for receiving said shaft having opposite one and another ends and integrally formed with the thin walled member by means of one connection of said one end with said one side of the thin walled member and another connection of said another end with said another side of said thin walled member, said tubular member extending along a longitudinal axis that is angular to said first direction; wherein said one connection comprises a first bridge that accommodates one side of the hand and that connects to said one end of said tubular member; wherein said another connection comprises a second bridge that accommodates an opposite side of the hand and that interconnects said another end of said tubular member with said crown; wherein said second bridge defines, with said tubular member and crown, a cut-out section this is deeper than the width of said second bridge so as to accommodate the thumb of the user.