Patent ID: 8435133

Claim:
A grip for use on the handle of an article, the grip comprising: a resilient underlisting sleeve defining an outer surface; a first panel portion comprising a polymeric outer layer and a polymeric inner layer, said first panel portion defining a cut-out and an inner surface; a second panel portion comprising an insert defined by a material having a different characteristic than said first panel portion, said second panel portion defining an inner surface and comprising a polymeric outer layer and a polymeric inner layer; wherein said first panel portion surrounds said second panel portion on all sides so that said insert abuts the cut-out; a first adhesive portion surrounding an outer edge of said insert on all sides and positioned between an inner edge of said cut-out and said insert, said first adhesive portion securing said first panel portion to said second panel portion so that said inner surface of said first panel portion and said inner surface of said second panel portion cooperate to form an inner surface of a panel; and a second adhesive portion securing said inner surface of said panel to the outer surface of said underlisting sleeve, wherein said panel being wrapped around said underlisting sleeve such that said first panel portion extends around the periphery of said second panel portion in both the circumferential and longitudinal directions along the surface of the grip and the polymeric inner layer of the first panel portion at the periphery of the cut-out abuts the polymeric inner layer at the periphery of the second panel portion.