Patent ID: 8627549

Claim:
A grip application device for applying a grip to a handle, the grip application device comprising: an outer grip formed of a resilient elastic material, the outer grip configured to provide a secure and comfortable hold on the handle for a user; and an inner tube located concentrically within the outer grip, wherein: the inner tube is configured to have sufficient structural rigidity to hold the elastic material of the outer grip in an extended state so that the handle can be inserted within both the inner tube and the outer grip, the inner tube including a release tail that extends through at least a portion of the inner tube so that the release tail is accessible outside the grip application device when the handle is inserted within the inner tube and the outer grip, and the inner tube configured to be removed from the grip application device by pulling the release tail when the handle is inserted inside of the grip application device until the entire inner tube is removed, whereby the outer grip is allowed to return to a non-extended state as the inner tube is removed, so that the outer grip is adapted to forcefully constrict radially around the handle and to thereby conform to the handle as a fixed attachment.