Patent ID: 7044863

Claim:
A grip adjusting insert for a hole in a bowling ball, wherein the bowling ball has an outer contour, said insert comprising: a) an outer sleeve; and b) an inner sleeve; wherein said outer sleeve is for inserting in the hole in the bowling ball; and wherein said inner sleeve is movably mounted in said outer sleeve; wherein said outer sleeve has an uppermost surface; wherein said uppermost surface of said outer sleeve is arched for matching the outer contour of the bowling ball; wherein said outer sleeve has a pair of throughslots; wherein said pair of throughslots in said outer sleeve are almost diametrically opposed to each other; wherein each throughslot in said outer sleeve is inverted T-shaped; wherein each throughslot in said outer sleeve has a first portion; wherein said first portion depends axially from said uppermost surface of said outer sleeve, to approximately midway of said outer sleeve, to a terminal end; wherein said first portion opens into said uppermost surface of said outer sleeve; wherein each throughslot in said outer sleeve has a second portion; wherein said second portion extends transversely across said terminal end of said first portion, to a pair of terminal ends; wherein said second portion extends equidistantly from said terminal end of said first portion; wherein said pair of terminal ends of said second portion are pinched; wherein said inner sleeve has a pair of pins; wherein said pair of pins extend radially outwardly from said inner sleeve; and wherein said pair of pins are almost diametrically opposed to each other so as to match positioning of said pair of throughslots in said outer sleeve and allow only one way insertion of said inner sleeve into said outer sleeve.