Patent ID: 8480508

Claim:
A golf club grip, comprising: a resilient inner sleeve, which includes a tubular sleeve body having sleeve top and bottom ends, a cap projecting radially from said sleeve top end, a protective rim projecting radially from said sleeve bottom end, and a cavity configured to receive a larger end of a golf club shaft; a flat cap underside connected to said sleeve body and facing toward said protective rim, a cap underside edge being annularly at the distal end of said cap underside, a flat retaining sidewall connected to said sleeve body and facing toward said cap, and a retaining sidewall edge being annularly at the distal end of said retaining sidewall; and a single sheet, wrapped around and adhered onto said sleeve body; said single sheet having a top circumferential margin over said cap underside edge, a bottom circumferential margin over said retaining sidewall edge, two equal length axial margins respectively interconnecting with said top circumferential margin and said bottom circumferential margin, and a dimension longitudinally narrower than a dimension of said sleeve body's outer surface to form an axial gap between said two axial margins from said cap to said protective rim; a combination of adhesives including a Pressure Sensitive Adhesive used to adhere said single sheet onto said sleeve body, and a structural adhesive applied in said axial gap from a first point to a second point in said axial gap; wherein the first point is a point away from said cap toward said protective rim in said axial gap; wherein the second point is a point away from said protective rim toward said cap in said gap; wherein said top circumferential margin of said single sheet is curved inwardly to form a first finishing along said cap underside edge; wherein said bottom circumferential margin of said single sheet is curved inwardly to form a second finishing along said retaining sidewall edge; and an axial seam strip, covering said axial gap and bonded onto each of the two axial margins along said axial gap from said cap to said protective rim to form an axial seam structure; wherein said axial seam strip has a first strip end over said cap underside edge, and a second strip end over said retaining sidewall edge; wherein said first strip end is curved inwardly at the meet of said first finishing and said axial seam strip near to said cap to form a third finishing; wherein said second strip end is curved inwardly at the meet of said second finishing and said axial seam strip near to said protective rim to form a fourth finishing.