Abstract: An overly wide putter grip includes an elongated body of generally uniform diameter along an axial length thereof and an outer gripping sleeve that fits over the skeleton. The body is a skeleton having a first portion and a second portion. Each of the first and second portions includes an upper end, a lower end opposite the upper end, and a bore disposed within said lower end and extending upwardly so as to be configured to receive a shaft of a putter. The first portion and the second portion of the skeleton are preferably held together by a system of fasteners that go through bores in the first portion of the skeleton and into the second portion to hold the two skeleton portions together. A method of making the putter is also provided.

Abstract: An extendable golf club having threadably intercoupled upper and lower shaft sections. The golf club can be extended by threadably coupling one or more spacers between the upper and lower shaft sections and tightening a set screw into engagement with a spacer.

Abstract: A joint, usable as a component of a golf club, including an outer sleeve having a proximal end, a distal end, an outer surface and an inner surface; an inner sleeve having a proximal end, an inner surface in circumscribing contact with the inner surface of the outer sleeve, a slit, and a projection ring having an inner diameter; and an inner projection having a proximal end sized to be in circumscribing contact with the inner surface of the inner sleeve, a distal end, a key sized to be slidably fit in the slit of the inner sleeve, a proximal taper, a distal taper and a maximum diameter, the maximum diameter being larger than the inner diameter of the projection ring, the maximum diameter being selectively passable through the projection ring.

Abstract: A golf club, such as a putter, having a first tube, a second tube, and a clamp assembly. The clamp assembly defines a longitudinally extending bore, a shoulder surface on the exterior surface of the clamp assembly, an orifice extending from the inner surface of the bore toward the exterior surface of the clamp assembly, and an aperture extending between the orifice and the exterior surface of the clamp assembly. A lower portion of the clamp assembly is received within the first tube. The putter further including a shaft and a captured fastening member. The shaft is received within the bore of the clamp assembly and a portion of the shaft proximate its rear end is received within the second tube. The fastening member is operatively received within the orifice of the clamp assembly and is in selective contact with a portion of the exterior surface of the shaft such that the shaft and the second tube may be fixed relative to the clamp assembly.

Abstract: A golf putter is described which may be used as a regular length putter, a mid-length putter and a long putter. A conventional regular length putter has as assembly detachably secured thereto which enables the putter to be used as a mid-length putter and as a long putter as desired.

Abstract: A novelty golf putter including a hollow shaft, a putter head affixed to one end of the hollow shaft and a gripping handle affixed to an opposite end portion of the hollow shaft. An elongated line being affixed with the hollow shaft and within the gripping handle. The gripping handle is moveable from the hollow shaft to extend the distance of the handle from the end of the shaft.

Abstract: An exemplary apparatus for use with a surface of an implement, such as the grip of a golf club, is disclosed that provides one or more of the advantages mentioned herein, such as the capability to protect, wipe, and clean the grip of a golf club. The exemplary apparatus includes an outer cover and an absorbent member. The outer cover includes a top and a bottom portion, an interior surface, an opening formed at the bottom portion of the outer cover, an internal volume defined as the volume bordered by the interior surface of the outer cover and the opening of the outer cover, and an exterior surface. The absorbent member is positioned within the internal volume of the outer cover and is operable to receive the surface through the opening of the outer cover.

Abstract: A system for converting readily available standard off the shelf golf club parts into a interchangeable golf club system. A conversion system consists of a head insert which can be glued into the hosel of a standard golf club head. A shaft insert having a central flange is insertable and glueable into place on a standard shaft of a golf club. The shaft insert and the head insert forming a quick connect to attach the shaft to the golf club head. Through the use of different club heads representing the full range of woods, irons, and putter, each having a head insert pre-installed, the club may have emulating any club by attaching the desired club head. A shaft length adjustment is made by a cooperating pin installed in the top of the shaft and slidable within a number of slots provided in a telescoping sleeve slidable over the shaft.

Abstract: A tennis racquet includes a frame with a head and a shaft portion. The shaft portion has an outer periphery with outside surfaces arranged generally in an octagonal configuration. A handle includes a preformed core or “pallet”. The pallet is molded of a solid elastomeric material, e.g. thermoplastic rubber, with a hollow interior having surfaces sized to conform to the outside surfaces of the shaft portion of the frame. Further, an array of holes is formed on the outside surface of the pallet, in selected gripping areas, for a comfortable grip and to reduce shock and vibration. The pallet may include an overwrap, such as cloth-backed polyurethane, which is preferably soft and flexible enough to retain feel of the pallet.

Abstract: A golf club handle apparatus is used with a golf club having a longitudinally extending hand grip and includes an elongated shaft, a handle structure, a forearm support member and a connector. The shaft extends along a longitudinal axis and has a first portion, a second portion and an intermediate portion disposed between the first and second portions. The handle structure includes a pair of handles connected to the intermediate portion and spaced apart from one another in a generally parallel relationship with the shaft positioned between the pair of handles. Each one of the pair of handles extends along a respective handle axis that is oriented generally perpendicularly to the longitudinal axis. The forearm support member is connected to the first portion and has a forearm support surface spaced apart and facing away from the shaft. The connector is disposed at the second portion and is operative to connect the hand grip of the golf club and the golf club handle apparatus together.

Abstract: A conventional golf club head is releasably connected to a golf club shaft through operation of a wedge on the lower end of a rod in the shaft moveable in and out of the lower end of the shaft to releasably cause the shaft side wall to create a friction fit in the hollow club head shank. A nut on the rod at the upper end of the shaft covered by a cap allows for rotation of the rod to advance or retract the wedge in the lower end of the shaft.

Abstract: In order to correct a golf swing, a main grip formed at an end portion of a shaft of a golf club is held by a hand opposite to a writing hand of a user, and an auxiliary grip attached to a middle of the shaft is held by the writing hand of the user. While holding the main and auxiliary grips by the left and right hands, the shaft is swung. The auxiliary grip is located near and substantially parallel to the main grip and is disposed at a side ahead of the main grip in a swinging direction of the golf club to be spaced from the main grip for a predetermined space. Thus, when the main and auxiliary grips are grasped by left and right hands, the backs of the left and right hands contact each other between the main and auxiliary grips to restrain a wrist of the writing hand by the back of the hand opposite to the writing hand. Accordingly, the correct swing of the golf club can be practiced.

Abstract: A training grip for positioning over a preexisting grip on a golf club shaft having an annular elongate resilient member with an open lower end, a cap on an upper end, and a longitudinal slit defined therein. The member has at least one groove for proper alignment on the club and an inner surface with a plurality of studs. At least two and preferably three contoured protrusions extend from the member for providing confirmation of proper hand position in the grip and providing abutments to discourage hand movement on the girip to enhance muscle memory. A plurality of contoured recessed portions are defined in the member for receiving and urging a user's hands into a proper position on the golf club, with the recessed portions having only a slight thickness to thereby enhance muscle memory. At least two openings are preferably defined in the member, for permitting gripping contact of the hands with the preexisting grip to assist in securing the grip to the preexisting grip.

Abstract: An adjustable golf club handle mounting arrangement includes a threaded adjustment rod member having a split coupling tube at one end, a shaft having a bottom end fastened to a club head by a screw joint and a top end inserted into the split coupling tube of the adjustment rod member, an internally threaded grip threaded onto the threaded adjustment rod member, and a tapered holding down socket sleeved onto the split coupling tube of the adjustment rod member to hold down the split coupling tube of adjustment rod member on the top end of the shaft, causing the split coupling tube of the adjustment rod member and the top end of the shaft together to be firmly secured together.

Abstract: A convertible golf club comprises an elongated shaft having a club head at a distal end and an overgrip at a proximal end. Removable hand guides are secured to the overgrip with a threaded attachment fastener. The hand guides each include a positioning flange that directs a golfer's hands along the overgrip length into a location appropriate for a particular type of shot. The overgrip is tapered from a minimum diameter at a proximal end of the overgrip to a maximum diameter at a distal end of the overgrip.

Abstract: A traveling golf club kit which enables a user to easily transport a set of golf clubs. In its broadest context the present invention includes a collapsible golf bag and a set of clubs, wherein each of the clubs has an assembled configuration and a disassembled configuration. The various components of the present invention, and the manner in which they interrelate, will be described in greater detail hereinafter.

Abstract: A grip extender for extending the length of a golf club to form a chip shot training club, wherein the golf club includes an elongated hollow tube handle defining a central axial aperture at a free end thereof opening into the interior of the tube handle along the central longitudinal axis thereof. The grip extender includes an elongated substantially hollow main body having a longitudinal axis, and an elongated rod mounted on and extending longitudinally axially from one end of the elongated main body. The rod is configured to define an initial straight length of rod and a subsequent plurality of reversing bends which are substantially symmetric relative to the central longitudinal axis of the hollow main body. The rod is insertable into the tube handle such that the reversing bends engage the tube at a plurality of longitudinally spaced locations on different sides thereof for positively supporting the grip extender on the golf club in continuous longitudinal axial alignment therewith.

Abstract: A putter in combination with an adjustable putter grip including an attachment handle. A clamping mechanism couples the putter to the attachment handle thereby permitting a user to manipulate the putter with their wrists locked and their arms in a parallel relationship. The attachment handle is secured to the putter in a T-shaped configuration and can be adjusted along a length of the putter.

Abstract: A golf training device comprising, in combination:a golf club having a shaft with a club head portion situated on a first end thereof and an elastomeric handle positioned on a second end thereof, the club further having a cylindrical axial bore formed in the second end thereof and which is accessible from the second end, wherein the bore is of a predetermined length and diameter; anda laser emitting device including a first mounting portion with a cylindrical configuration having a size, length and shape consistent with that of said bore for being releasably fixed therein, and a second portion integrally formed in axial relation with the first portion with a cylindrical configuration along a majority of its extent and a frusto-conical configuration along the remainder of its extent, the frusto-conical extent including a flange defined by a radially extending portion extending laterally beyond and adjacent the first portion of the device and a beveled outer surface portion extending from the outer periphery of

Abstract: A golf club including a golf club shaft having a cylindrical shaft portion with a first end and a second end. The first end of the cylindrical shaft portion may be attached to a golf club head. The golf club shaft also includes a flattened handle portion in the vicinity of the second end of the cylindrical shaft portion and integral with the cylindrical shaft portion. The flattened handle portion is flattened in a plane extending in a direction parallel to a direction faced by a golfer addressing a golf ball to be hit by the golf club. The flattened handle portion has a thickness in a direction parallel to the plane at least three times the thickness of the flattened handle portion in a direction perpendicular to the plane. A golf club head is attached to the golf club shaft in the vicinity of the first end of the cylindrical shaft portion.

Abstract: A golf grip sleeve device (10) for keeping a golfer's hands and the handle grip (101) of a golf club (100) dry in wet condition; wherein, the device (10) includes an elongated open ended waterproof sleeve member (11) having a side opening (15) formed therein; such that the handle grip (101) may be inserted into one open end (12) of the sleeve member (11), one hand of the golfer may be inserted through the other end (13) of the sleeve member (11), and the other hand of the golfer may be inserted through the side opening (15).

Abstract: An improved construction for the interengagement of the racket head portion and the handle portion of a racket is disclosed. The construction is such that the overall length of the racket can be easily varied. Additionally, the improved construction described includes a locking and unlocking feature that makes the inadvertent release or disengagement of one from the other extremely unlikely. The shank extending from the racket head includes a plurality of notches. The shank fits inside the handle and grip portion of the assembly. Exteriorly of both the handle portion and the enclosed shank lies a surrounding locking slide. A ball detent retaining means holds the slide in the locked or unlocked position in relation to the handle portion. When in the unlocked position, the handle portion and the locking slide are movable in relation to the shank, and a biased roller attached to the handle portion selectively engages the notches in the shank to allow for easy overall length adjustment.

Abstract: A slip-on grip with a main thin rubber cylindrical tube and an outer fabric layer dimensioned to fit securely over an existing grip. The outer fabric layer has longitudinal slits along its lower portion of the rubber tube to allow the tube to expand to slide over the existing golf grip during installation. The outer layer is made of cotton or terry cloth or similar material and is integral with the thin rubber tube to provide a non-slip, gripping surface. In a second embodiment, the golf grip has an additional, thickened interior rubber portion which replaces, instead of slipping over, the existing grip. The grip has the combined function of the existing grip and the grip cover providing a grip wide enough to fit in the palm of an adult's hand.

Abstract: A game racket handle comprises a shaft extending from a head frame of a game racket and a hand grip attached movably to the rear end of the shaft. An elastic bushing is disposed between the shaft and the hand grip. The hand grip is of hollow construction and is so dimensioned as to receive therein an elastic element which is fitted over the rear end of the shaft. Located at the rear end of the shaft is a through slot which is dimensioned to receive therein an insertion pin for locating the hand grip and which has a length corresponding to a maximum moving distance of the hand grip in the direction of the axis of the shaft. When the head frame of the game racket hits the ground accidentally, the impact force transmitted from the head frame to the shaft is dispersed in the direction of the axis of the shaft, without being transmitted to the hand grip.

Abstract: In a small-sized and precision injection molding apparatus, a raw material supply means, a raw material plasticization means, an injection plunger means and a melted resin flow passage means are all together incorporated in a mold, thereby a substantial distance from the raw material up to a cavity becomes shorter. Thus, an overall construction of the injection molding apparatus becomes small-size and compact.