Patent ID: 7219395

Claim:
A handlebar grip, comprising: a main body of substantially tubular shape with a longitudinal axis, defining a cylindrical cavity adapted to receive the end section of a handlebar, said end section having a substantially uniform external diameter; a covering of soft material which is fixed externally to said main body; at least one terminal element adapted to cover a corresponding end of said grip; said at least one terminal element having an elastically deformable tubular lug extending coaxially internally of said main body between the end section of said handlebar and the main body itself so as to firmly engage and exert a frictional force on both said main body and said handlebar; said tubular lug being a continuous annular wall of substantially constant or uniform cross section over a whole circular extent thereof and having an internal diameter that is slightly smaller than the external diameter of the handlebar end section such that, upon axial force-fitting of said terminal element onto the end section of said handlebar, said tubular lug elastically deforms to firmly grip said handlebar sufficiently to stationarily maintain the position of said tubular lug on said handlebar; and wherein said main body has an inner surface with a substantially constant diameter, said inner surface being radially spaced from and disposed out of engagement with the outer surface of the handlebar end section to provide a free tubular interspace between said handlebar and said main body.