Grip for a Handle on a Golf Club

Abstract

Provided herein are grip devices and handle grips for the handle of a golf club. The devices and grips generally are a hollow member with a substantially cylindrical body or a tubular sleeve adapted to receive the handle of the golf club therein. The devices and grips may have a length sufficient for one-handed gripping or two-handed gripping when placed on the golf club handle. The devices and grips have an outer surface and a bore defining an inner surface therein with proximal and distal open ends. The devices and grips taper along the length thereof from the proximal open end to the distal open end. The outer surface may comprise finger grooves formed thereon. A slit is formed into the bore between the open proximal and distal ends through which the handle is securely and removably received.

1 . A grip device for a golf club, comprising:
 a hollow member with a substantially cylindrical body comprising an outer surface, a bore that defines an inner surface therein and a length extending between a proximal open end and a distal open end, and a slit therethrough to the bore along the length of the hollow member; said inner surface comprising a plurality of nub-like protuberances uniformly disposed thereon to grip the handle when placed thereon and said outer surface and said inner surface each with a perimeter that tapers along the length of the hollow member from the proximal open end to the distal open end to securely and removably receive a golf club handle therein.   
     
     
         2 - 3 . (canceled) 
     
     
         4 . The grip device of  claim 1 , further comprising a texture formed on the outer surface of the hollow member. 
     
     
         5 . The grip device of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of finger grooves formed on the outer surface of the hollow member. 
     
     
         6 . The grip device of  claim 1 , wherein the proximal open end has an outer diameter of about 1.25 inches to about 2.15 inches and has an inner diameter at the bore of about 0.80 inches to about 1.25 inches. 
     
     
         7 . The grip device of  claim 1 , wherein the distal open end has an outer diameter of about 1 inch to about 1.75 inches and has an inner diameter at the bore of about 0.60 inches to about 1 inch, said outer diameter and said inner diameter at the distal open end are smaller than the outer diameter and the inner diameter at the proximal open end. 
     
     
         8 . The grip device of  claim 1 , wherein the hollow member has a length sufficient to accommodate one hand of a user gripped thereon when the grip device is placed on the golf club. 
     
     
         9 . The grip device of  claim 8 , wherein the length is about 4 inches to about 6 inches. 
     
     
         10 . The grip device of  claim 1 , wherein the hollow member has a length sufficient to accommodate both hands of a user gripped thereon when the grip device is placed on the golf club. 
     
     
         11 . The grip device of  claim 10 , wherein the length is about 7 inches to about 11.5 inches. 
     
     
         12 . The grip device of  claim 1 , wherein the hollow member is designed to conform to a shape of the golf club handle in a non-slipping relationship when the golf club handle is received therein. 
     
     
         13 . A two-handed grip device for a grip-end of a golf club, comprising:
 a tubular sleeve having a length extending between a proximal open end and a distal open end and tapering along the length from the proximal open end to the distal open end, said tubular sleeve comprising an outer surface, a bore that defines a inner surface therein extending between the proximal open end and the distal open end and a slit through the outer surface to the bore from the proximal open end to the distal open end, said inner surface comprising a plurality of nub-like protuberances uniformly disposed thereon and said length of the tubular sleeve sufficient to accommodate both hands of a user gripped thereon when the grip device is placed on the golf club.   
     
     
         14 - 15 . (canceled) 
     
     
         16 . The two-handed grip device of  claim 13 , further comprising a plurality of finger grooves formed on the outer surface of the tubular sleeve. 
     
     
         17 . The two-handed grip device of  claim 13 , further comprising a texture formed on the outer surface of the tubular sleeve. 
     
     
         18 . The two-handed grip device of  claim 13 , wherein the proximal open end has an outer diameter of about 1.25 inches to about 2.15 inches and has an inner diameter at the bore of about 0.8 inches to about 1.25 inches and the distal open end has an outer diameter of about 1 inch to about 1.75 inches and has an inner diameter at the bore of about 0.60 inches to about 1.0 inches, said outer diameter and said inner diameter at the distal open end is smaller than the outer diameter and the inner diameter at the proximal open end. 
     
     
         19 . The two-handed grip device of  claim 13 , wherein the length is about 7 inches to about 11.5 inches. 
     
     
         20 . The two-handed grip device of  claim 13 , wherein the hollow member is designed to conform to a shape of the golf club handle in a non-slipping relationship when the golf club handle is received therein. 
     
     
         21 . A two-handed grip device for a grip-end of a golf club, comprising:
 a tubular sleeve having a length extending between a proximal open end and a distal open end and tapering along the length from the proximal open end to the distal open end, said tubular sleeve comprising an outer surface with a plurality of finger grooves formed thereon, a bore that defines an inner surface therein extending between the proximal open end and the distal open end and a slit through the outer surface to the bore from the proximal open end to the distal open end, said inner surface comprising a plurality of nub-like protuberances uniformly disposed thereon and said length of the tubular sleeve sufficient to accommodate both hands of a user gripped thereon when the grip device is placed on the golf club.   
     
     
         22 - 23 . (canceled) 
     
     
         24 . The two-handed grip device of  claim 21 , wherein the proximal open end has an outer diameter of about 1.25 inches to about 2.15 inches and has an inner diameter at the bore of about 0.8 inches to about 1.25 inches and the distal open end has an outer diameter of about 1 inch to about 1.75 inches and has an inner diameter at the bore of about 0.60 inches to about 1.0 inches, said outer diameter and said inner diameter at the distal open end are smaller than the outer diameter and the inner diameter at the proximal open end. 
     
     
         25 . The two-handed grip device of  claim 21 , wherein the length is about 7 inches to about 11.5 inches. 
     
     
         26 . The two-handed grip device of  claim 21 , wherein the tubular sleeve is designed to conform to a shape of the golf club handle in a non-slipping relationship when the golf club handle is received therein.