Patent ID: 6840871

Claim:
A golf club grip that includes an elongated composite strip, said strip comprising: a first segment paving a backing layer to the upper surface of which is bonded a layer of polyurethane, with the upper surface of the polyurethane being heat-embossed with a friction enhancing pattern engaged by a player's hands, the friction enhancing pattern defining water collection interstices, with water collected in the in the interstices being readily wiped off to dry the outside of the strip, the upper surface of the polyurethane layer being densified and rendered substantially water-tight by the heat embossing; a second segment paving a backing layer to the upper surface of which is bonded a layer of polyurethane and with depressed decorative indicia being embossed on the upper surface area of such second segment to densify the polyurethane thereof; adhesive on the underside of the backing layers of the first and second segments; and with a side edge of the first segment being adhesively attached along one of its side edges to a side edge of the second segment to define said composite strip.