Patent ID: 7494081

Claim:
A handle arm assembly for fishing reel comprising, in combination: a handle arm; a knob secured to the handle arm and rotatable relative to the handle arm about a rotational axis; a removable grip extending about an exterior periphery of the handle knob and having a plurality of gripping flanges; wherein the grip includes a tubular-shaped main wall having a longitudinally extending central axis and forming a longitudinally extending interior passage receiving the handle knob; wherein the main wall is formed of a resiliently flexible material; wherein the main wall and the passage are sized and shaped so that the main wall can be elastically expanded to place the grip onto the knob; wherein the main wall is resiliently deformed to conform to an exterior shape of the knob so that the main wall elastically grips the knob to secure the grip to the handle knob wherein the gripping flanges are each formed of a resiliently flexible material; and wherein the gripping flanges are sized and shaped to resiliently deform when a user grasps the grip between fingers.