Patent ID: 7814812

Claim:
A grip assembly comprising: a grip body having a hollow core defining an inner surface, an outer surface, a first end and a second end, said grip body configured to fit over a bicycle handlebar; a first compression split ring and a second compression split ring that are each configured to fit over said bicycle handle bar and engage the inner surface of said grip body at one of the first end and the second end of the grip body so that the bicycle handlebar extends through and out of opposite sides of each of the first compression split ring and the second compression split ring; an end cap configured to engage the outer surface of each end of said grip body so that a threaded portion of the end cap radially overlies an inward facing tapered section of the grip body and one of the first compression split ring and the second compression split ring at each of the first end and the second end of the grip body; and wherein said engagement of each end cap and said grip body wedges a respective one of the first and second compression split rings between said grip body and said bicycle handle bar so that each of the first compression split ring and the second compression split ring are positioned substantially radially within the grip body and so as to rotationally and longitudinally fix a position of the first end and the second end of the grip body relative to the bicycle handlebar when the end cap is engaged with each of the respective first and second ends of the grip body.