Color coded racquet grip

Abstract

A color coded racquet grip comprising colored material panels for each bevel on a tennis racquet overgrip. The color coded overgrip of the present invention facilitates the location of the correct bevel for placing the base knuckle of the index finger and the heel of the hand to form a conventional hand grip to execute a stroke in the game of tennis. The color coded overgrip of the invention may be a standard wrap grip, a roll-on-grip, or other types of grips including a color coded base grip. The color coding of the types of grips can be accomplished using various colors, shades of colors, or designs.

1 . A color coded overgrip comprising:
 colored material panels placed over and attached to a tennis racquet grip surface to form the overgrip;   said tennis racquet grip being substantially octagonal with eight bevels;   said eight bevels covered with the said colored material panels through the entire length of each of the said eight bevels from the top of the said tennis racquet grip to the bottom of the said tennis racquet grip; and   said eight bevels having different colored material panels.   
     
     
         2 . The color coded overgrip of  claim 1  wherein each of the eight bevels on the tennis racquet grip are used to form conventional handgrips such as, Eastern Backhand grip, Continental grip, Eastern Forehand grip, Semi-Western Forehand grip, Western grip and other such grips known in the game of tennis. 
     
     
         3 . The color coded overgrip of  claim 1  wherein the colored material panels covering the eight bevels facilitate the identification of the specific bevel for placing the base knuckle of the index finger and the heel of the hand when selecting the type of conventional hand grip to execute a stroke. 
     
     
         4 . The color coded overgrip of  claim 1  wherein the colored material panels of each bevel can be changed to other colors for different embodiments of the overgrip. 
     
     
         5 . The color coded overgrip of  claim 1  wherein the colored material panels may be of different colors, shades of color, or designs. 
     
     
         6 . The color coded overgrip of  claim 1  wherein the overgrip can be a roll-on-grip constructed with colored material panels of different colors, shades of colors, or designs corresponding to each of the eight bevels and inserted over the racquet grip. 
     
     
         7 . The color coded overgrip of  claim 1  wherein the overgrip can be a wrap around grip with colors, shades or, designs specific to each of the eight bevels. 
     
     
         8 . The color coded overgrip of  claim 1  wherein the base grip itself may be color coded with colored material panels of different colors, shades, or designs corresponding to each of the eight bevels. 
     
     
         9 . A method of locating the correct bevel on an overgrip grip said overgrip comprising:
 colored material panels placed over and attached to a tennis racquet grip surface to form the overgrip;   said tennis racquet grip being substantially octagonal with eight bevels;   said eight bevels covered with the said colored material panels through the entire length of each of the said eight bevels from the top of the said tennis racquet grip to the bottom of said tennis racquet grip; and   said eight bevels having different colored material panels.   
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the color coded overgrip may be a color coded base grip. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 9  wherein the color coded overgrip may be a roll-on-grip. 
     
     
         12 . A method of playing tennis comprising the steps of:
 locating the correct bevel for a conventional handgrip on a color coded overgrip or base grip;   placing the base knuckle of the index finger and the heel of the hand on the selected bevel; and   executing a stroke.