Athletic grips

Abstract

Implementations of an athletic grip are provided. In some implementations, a more durable and adjustable grip that may have a comparable break-in time as handmade grips made of athletic tape is provided. In some implementations, the grips of the present disclosure are made of athletic tape. In some implementations, the grips include an interior material such as a duct canvas fabric or other flexible, tightly woven, durable fabric such as Roc-lon®. In some implementations, the grips include slits and a removable band to secure the grips to the user's wrist. In some implementations, the slits are longer than the width of the band to adjust the position of the band on the user's wrist. In some implementations, the grips and/or the bands include fasteners (such as snaps, buttons, hook and loop fasteners (e.g., Velcro®), or other re-closable fasteners to secure the band to the grip.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A washable athletic grip comprising:
 a finger loop portion, the finger loop portion including at least one loop configured to encircle a user's finger;   a palm portion extending lengthwise from the finger loop portion down the user's palm to the wrist portion;   a wrist portion configure to cover a portion of the user's wrist; and wherein at least the palm portion comprises on outer layer made of athletic tape and an interior layer made of a flexible, tightly woven material.   
     
     
         2 . The athletic grip of  claim 1  wherein the wrist portion further comprises having at least one slit; and a band configured to be inserted into the at least one slit and secured around a user's wrist portion. 
     
     
         3 . The athletic grip of  claim 2  wherein the length of the at least one slit is longer than the width of the band thereby allowing the position of the band relative to the user's wrist to be adjusted. 
     
     
         4 . The athletic grip of  claim 2  wherein the wrist portion includes two slits configured to receive the band. 
     
     
         5 . The athletic grip of  claim 1  wherein the wrist portion comprise on outer layer made of athletic tape and an interior layer made of a flexible, tightly woven material. 
     
     
         6 . The athletic grip of  claim 1  wherein the interior material layer of the palm portion is duct canvas. 
     
     
         7 . The athletic grip of  claim 3  further comprising a first fastener portion located on the top portion of the at least one slit of the wrist portion and a second fastener portion located along the bottom of the wrist portion. 
     
     
         8 . The athletic grip of  claim 1  wherein the band is further comprised of a first fastener on one end of a first side of the band and a second fastener on the opposite end of a second side of the band, in this way the band is prevented from sliding around on the user's wrist. 
     
     
         9 . The athletic grip of  claim 1  wherein the band is further comprised of a pocket. 
     
     
         10 . The athletic grip of  claim 1  wherein the palm portion includes at least one layer of padding. 
     
     
         11 . The athletic grip of  claim 1  wherein the palm portion includes a dowel that extends across a portion of the palm portion. 
     
     
         12 . The athletic grip of  claim 1  wherein the finger loop portion includes two loops. 
     
     
         13 . The athletic grip of  claim 10  wherein the padding is selected from the group consisting of foam, memory foam, fabric padding, neoprene, silicone and gel pads. 
     
     
         14 . The athletic grip of  claim 1  wherein the athletic grip having a plurality of edges, and at least one of said plurality of edges having at least one fold to prevent fraying of said edges. 
     
     
         15 . The athletic grip of  claim 1  wherein, the athletic grip having a plurality of edges and an edging material layered over at least a portion of said edges. 
     
     
         16 . The athletic grip of  claim 14  wherein said plurality of edges has an edging material layered over at least a portion of said folds. 
     
     
         17 . The athletic grip of  claim 1  wherein at least a portion of the band contains padding. 
     
     
         18 . The athletic grip of  claim 17  wherein the padding is selected from the group consisting of foam, memory foam, fabric padding, neoprene, silicone and gel pads. 
     
     
         19 . The athletic grip of  claim 1  wherein the finger loop portion includes three loops.