Grips for a Handle on a Hockey Stick

Abstract

Provided herein are grip devices, grip members and a set of grip devices for the handle of a hockey stick. The grips generally are a hollow member with a substantially cuboidal body adapted to receive the handle therein. The devices have an outer surface and a bore defining a cuboidal inner surface therein with proximal and distal open ends. A slit is formed into the bore between the open ends through which the handle is securely and removably received. The outer diameter of the grip is uniform along the length. The grip may have a stop member formed within the bore.

1 . A grip device for a shaft of a hockey stick, comprising:
 a hollow member with a substantially cuboidal body, a proximal open end and a distal open end, comprising:
 an outer surface; 
 a bore that defines a cuboidal inner surface therein and a length extending between the proximal open end and the distal open end; 
 a slit disposed through the outer surface to the bore along the length of the hollow member; and 
 a plurality of nub-like protuberances disposed on the inner surface of the bore adapted to grip the shaft of the hockey stick when placed thereon; 
 said outer surface and said inner surface each having a uniform perimeter along the length of the hollow member from the proximal open end to the distal open end to securely and removably receive and to conform to the shaft of the hockey stick in a non-slipping relationship. 
   
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . The grip device of  claim 1 , further comprising a texture formed on the outer surface of the hollow member. 
     
     
         4 . (canceled) 
     
     
         5 . 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 shaft of hockey stick. 
     
     
         6 . The grip device of  claim 5 , wherein the length is about 4 inches to about 6 inches. 
     
     
         7 . The grip device of  claim 1 , wherein the proximal open end has an outer diameter of about 1.2 inches to about 2.6 inches and has an inner diameter across the bore of about 0.65 inches to about 1.4 inches. 
     
     
         8 . (canceled) 
     
     
         9 . A grip device for a stick handle on a hockey stick, comprising:
 a hollow member with a substantially cuboidal body, a proximal open end and a distal open end, comprising:
 an outer surface with a uniform perimeter along a length of the hollow member from the proximal open end to the distal open end; 
 a bore that defines a cuboidal inner surface therein and comprises a stop member with an opening therethrough that is formed from the inner surface to extend interiorally into the bore and that defines a pocket within the bore nearer to the proximal open end and a length extending between the proximal open end and the distal open end equal to the length along the outer surface of the hollow member; a plurality of nub-like protuberances disposed on the cuboidal inner surface distal to the pocket adapted to grip the shaft of the hockey stick when placed thereon; and 
 a slit disposed through to the bore along the length of the hollow member to securely and removably receive and to conform to the stick handle of the hockey stick in a non-slipping relationship. 
   
     
     
         10 . (canceled) 
     
     
         11 . The grip device of  claim 9 , further comprising a texture formed on the outer surface of the hollow member. 
     
     
         12 . (canceled) 
     
     
         13 . The grip device of  claim 9 , wherein the hollow member has a length about 4.5 inches to about 6.75 inches to accommodate one hand of a user gripped thereon when the grip device is placed on the stick handle of the hockey stick. 
     
     
         14 . The grip device of  claim 9 , wherein the proximal open end and the distal open end have equal outer diameters of about 1.2 inches to about 2.6 inches 
     
     
         15 . The grip device of  claim 9 , wherein the proximal open end and the distal open end independently have an inner diameter across the bore of about 0.65 inches to about 1.75 inches, said inner diameter of the proximal open end at least equal to the inner diameter of the distal open end. 
     
     
         16 . (canceled) 
     
     
         17 . A set of grip devices for a hockey stick, comprising:
 a first grip member and a second grip member comprising:
 a substantially cuboidal hollow body with an outer surface and having a length extending between a proximal open end and a distal open end thereon and having a uniform perimeter along the length thereof, a bore that defines a cuboidal inner surface therein with a length extending between the proximal open end and the distal open end equal to the length extending along the outer surface, and a slit disposed through the outer surface to the bore along the length of the hollow body; said second grip member further comprising a stop member with an opening therethrough that is formed from the cuboidal inner surface to extend interiorally into the bore and defines a pocket within the bore nearer to the proximal open end and with an inner diameter greater than an inner diameter of the bore; and 
 a plurality of nub-like protuberances disposed on the cuboidal inner surface of the first grip member and on the cuboidal inner surface of the second grip member distal to the pocket adapted to grip a shaft and a stick handle of the hockey stick, respectively, when said shaft and stick handle are received therein; 
 said first member and said second member designed to securely and removably receive and to conform to the shaft and the stick handle of the hockey stick in a non-slipping relationship. 
   
     
     
         18 - 19 . (canceled) 
     
     
         20 . The set of grip devices of  claim 17 , further comprising a texture independently formed on the outer surface of the first grip member and the outer surface of the second grip member. 
     
     
         21 - 22 . (canceled) 
     
     
         23 . The set of grip devices of  claim 17 , wherein the proximal open end of both the first grip member and the second grip member have an outer diameter of about 1.2 inches to about 2.6 inches, the proximal open end of the first grip member has an inner diameter across the bore of about 0.65 inches to about 1.4 inches and the proximal open end of the second grip member has an inner diameter across the bore of about 0.65 inches to about 1.75 inches. 
     
     
         24 . The set of grip devices of  claim 17 , wherein the first grip member and the second grip member each have a length sufficient to accommodate one hand of a user gripped thereon when the first grip member and the second grip member are independently placed on the hockey stick handle. 
     
     
         25 . The set of grip devices of  claim 24 , wherein the length of the first grip member is about 4 inches to about 6 inches and the length of the second grip member is about 4.5 inches to about 6.75 inches. 
     
     
         26 . (canceled) 
     
     
         27 . The set of grip devices of  claim 17 , wherein a knob on a proximal end of the stick handle is disposed within the pocket when the stick handle is received therein.