Patent ID: 8517867

Claim:
A sports utility handle for use with sports equipment including an upper shaft surface having an upper shaft plane, a lower shaft surface having a lower shaft plane, two side shaft surfaces having side surface planes, a shaft depth and a shaft centerline, the sports utility handle comprising: a shaft engagement end; a handle termination end opposite said shaft engagement end; a upper handle surface; a lower handle surface comprising a lower surface spline, said lower surface spline extending inwards uniformly and smoothly without abrupt portions in the direction of the lower shaft plane towards an upper surface plane in a first lower handle surface portion beginning at said shaft engagement end, said lower surface spline extending outwards uniformly and smoothly without abrupt portions in a direction back towards the lower shaft plane in a second lower handle surface portion beginning at said first lower handle surface portion and extending towards said handle termination end; an upper surface spline extending uniformly and smoothly without abrupt portions from the upper shaft plane in a direction away from the lower shaft plane in a first upper handle surface portion and extending uniformly and smoothly without abrupt portions back in the upper shaft plane direction in a second upper handle surface portion; a rounded downward protrusion portion running between said upper handle surface towards said lower handle surface at said handle termination end; and two handle side surfaces running generally parallel to the two side shaft surfaces; wherein said upper and lower surface splines are configured to provide an ergonomic wrist grip such that the shaft centerline is generally aligned with a user forearm centerline.