Patents by Inventor Franco C. Manual

Franco C. Manual has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 6656057
    Abstract: A golf club grip includes a molded or shaped tubular foam body of closed-cell foam material and an anti-slip rubbery skin bonded integrally to an outer surface of the tubular foam body, thus a slip-on type of this invention is formed. The closed-call foam provides advantages, such as light weight with correct or standard size, a wide range of size and grip weights for personal choice. The tubular foam body has a capped end to cap a grip-mounting portion of a golf club shaft. In an embodiment of coiled strip type, the tubular foam body is cut spirally to form a coiled strip that can be wrapped spirally around the grip-mounting portion, and the capped end is formed as a cap which is integral with the coiled strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Inventors: Franco C. Manual, Hong-Sung Chu
  • Publication number: 20030207241
    Abstract: A golf club grip includes a molded or shaped tubular foam body of closed-cell foam material and an anti-slip rubbery skin bonded integrally to an outer surface of the tubular foam body, thus a slip-on type of this invention is formed. The closed-call foam provides advantages, such as light weight with correct or standard size, a wide range of size and grip weights for personal choice. The tubular foam body has a capped end to cap a grip-mounting portion of a golf club shaft. In an embodiment of coiled strip type, the tubular foam body is cut spirally to form a coiled strip that can be wrapped spirally around the grip-mounting portion, and the capped end is formed as a cap which is integral with the coiled strip. The integral cap and coiled strip facilitates installation of the grip on the golf club shaft, and the coiled strip formed as such permits the strip to be wound around the golf club shaft with side edges thereof being in abutment with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2002
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventors: Franco C. Manual, Hong-Sung Chu