Abstract: A golf club grip made up of a composite strip that includes a first segment having a felt layer to the upper surface of which is bonded a polyurethane and a second segment having a felt layer to the upper surface of which is bonded a layer of polyurethane. Depressed decorative indicia are embossed on the upper surface area of the polyurethane layer of the second segment to densify such polyurethane layer. When the strip is spirally wrapped about a resilient underlisting sleeve or directly about the handle of a golf club the embossed indicia increases the hoop strength of the strip reducing the tendency of the strip to unravel.

Abstract: A handle assembly for a sports racquet having a head portion. The handle assembly includes an elongate handle, a pallet, a pad and a cover layer. The elongate handle is coupled to the head portion. The pallet is coupled to and longitudinally extends along the handle. The pallet has a proximal portion, a distal portion and a gripping portion disposed between the proximal and distal portions. The gripping portion is stepped down with respect to the proximal and distal portions to form a peripheral recess. The pad has an inner surface and an outer surface. The inner surface of the pad is coupled to the gripping portion of the pallet. The cover layer extends over and substantially covers the pad, and generally covers the proximal and distal portions of the pallet. The cover layer can include indicia including graphical indicia, alphanumeric indicia, or combinations thereof.

Abstract: A grip adapted for attachment to an implement including a handle is disclosed. The grip includes a longitudinally extending tubular shell having an inner surface shaped and dimensioned for attachment to the handle of the implement and an outer surface. The grip further includes a viscoelastic hand surface secured about the outer surface of the tubular shell.

Abstract: A game racquet includes a head portion and a pair of removable handle portions. The head portion is adapted to support racquet strings and includes a pair of side portions which curve downwardly and inwardly at the bottom of the head. Each handle portion includes a substantially straight bottom portion and a curved top portion which is frictionally engaged with, and removable from, one of the side portions of the hoop. Dampening or resilient material is positioned between the frictionally engaged portions of the side portions and the handle portions.

Abstract: A cushion for handle of racket comprises, from bottom to top, a fabric layer, a permeable layer, and a smooth flat waterproof layer. The permeable layer has a flat bottom surface and an undulating top surface wherein the raised portions of the top surface of the permeable layer project above the waterproof layer to form a plurality of absorption irregular areas for absorbing sweat and heat given forth from hand when holding the racket. Further, absorption areas has a high frictional coefficient. This can increase the grasping force of the hand of user on racket.

Abstract: A hand grip attachment has, a generally cylindrical member with an enhanced gripping surface on the exterior surface and an inner surface defining a mounting bore extending end to end through the cylindrical member to enable the hand grip attachment to be mounted on the handle end of a piece of sporting equipment, a wall of selected thickness is formed between the exterior surface and the interior surface and at least one or more elongated bores are formed in said wall for operative coaction with a filler such as hollow or solid stiffening rods made of any suitable material to establish the firmness and feel of the hand grip attachment.

Abstract: A sport racket includes a neck and a handle. The neck has an outer tapered wall provided with an outer bottom formed with the outer tapered wall; and an inner tapered wall provided with an inner bottom formed with the inner tapered wall. The handle has a tapered wall defining an open chamber to receive the outer bottom of the neck; an elastomer securely abutting a bottom defining the chamber; and a threaded bolt extending through the inner bottom, the outer bottom, the bottom of the chamber and the elastomer to screw into a nut.

Abstract: A sport racket includes a head with a shank extending therefrom and a connection section extends from the shank. A shock absorbing sleeve is mounted to the connection section and a handle is mounted to the sleeve.

Abstract: The table tennis bat with adjusting gravity mechanism of the present invention, whose center of gravity can be varied dependent on player's habitual behavior or usual practice to be suitable for each table tennis player's demand, comprises a blade body, an upper handgrip part, a lower handgrip part, an adjusting gravity mechanism, and an adjusting knob. Which adjusting gravity mechanism is included a hollow rectangular frame, a lead screw and a slider block. The slider block is used as counterweigh when removed capably to vary the center of gravity of table tennis bat of the present invention. Accordingly, when the slider block is driven to have a forward displacement the center of gravity of table tennis bat of the present invention is varied forward. Similarly, when the slider block is driven to have a backward displacement the center of gravity of table tennis bat of the present invention is varied backward.

Abstract: Applicant's invention comprises an adjustable grip on a sport's racket, paddle, bat, mallet or club, which is made adjustable by having the grip expandable by the introduction of air under the grip over the handle, which is expandable to any size desired.

Abstract: The invention provides a grip for a handle or shaft including (a) core means (10) adapted to be fitted to the handle or shaft, and (b) a strip of material (22) to form the outer surface for the grip, to be wound around the handle or shaft and/or said core (10) to provide, in use, a wound grip. The core means (10) has a first end (16) and a second end (11) and a body (14) therebetween. The core means also has a peripheral flange at the second end (11) in the form of a skirt (12) which is adapted, in use, to be flexed over the wound strip (22) to prevent unwinding thereof from the handle or shaft and/or the core means (10).

Abstract: A tennis racket with a crossbar handle including a racket head defining a striking surface. A handle member extends downwardly from the racket head. The handle member has a generally U-shaped configuration.

Abstract: A sport racket includes a head with a shank extending therefrom and a connection section extends from the shank. A shock absorbing sleeve is mounted to the connection section and a handle is mounted to the sleeve.

Abstract: A grip tape is formed of a tape body and an elastomer. The tape body has an inner surface and an outer surface. The elastomer is fastened to the inner surface of the tape body such that the elastomer is extended along the longitudinal direction of the tape body. The tape body is wound spirally on a handle to form a grip segment on the handle in such a manner that the elastomer is located in the grip segment, and that the length of the elastomer ranges between 30% and 70% of the total length of the grip segment.

Abstract: A calorie counting racket has a skeleton (10) with a hollow grip (11) and a counter unit (20) secured inside the grip (11) with multiple press buttons and a display (25) protruding from a side surface of the grip (11). The counter unit (20) has a microprocessor (21), a frequency counter (22) to record numbers of swings of the racket, a force estimating unit (23) to detect acceleration of the skeleton (10), a set of press button to control the microprocessor (21), and a display (25) to show calorie data. So that the calorie counting racket determine the burned calories immediately and precisely in accordance with different users.

Abstract: Baseball Practice Bat with a main bat barrel, a slidable handle portion, a non slidable handle portion, a rigid centrally located shaft running through the main bat barrel, the slidable handle portion and the non sliding handle portion, a non pinch flange located on the bottom of the slidable handle, the flange having a downwardly facing post, the smaller flange on the non moving handle having a rubber washer attached to its top surface, the washer having a cut out area where said downwardly facing post can penetrate and make contact with the metal portion of said non moving handle, and finger locator portions that are molded into the side of the sliding handle and non sliding handle that helps the user align his or her knuckles with respect to both handles.

Abstract: A slip control article including a backing layer having a first surface with an array of at least 100 upstanding stems per square inch and a second surface. At least a portion of the upstanding stems is an elastomeric material and the stems have an aspect ratio of at least 1.25. The first surface has a static coefficient of friction when dry of at least 0.6 and a static coefficient of friction when wet within 20% of the static coefficient of friction when dry. The first surface has a peel strength and a tensile strength of substantially zero when engaged with another slip control article. The first surface has a relatively high shear strength when engaged with another slip control article. The high shear forces are due primarily to the frictional properties of the elastomeric materials, not a mechanical interlock of the stems, such as on a mechanical fastener.

Abstract: A finger supporting structure (F) includes a grip portion and a finger supporter (T) formed thereto. The grip portion is of an elongated bar shape and has adequate length and thickness for a hand to grasp. The grip portion is either all or part of a grasping member of an implement or all or part of a gripping member (G) having internal hole to receive the grasping member of an implement. The finger supporter (T) is a laterally extending projection rigidly formed, in one piece, on the grip portion. The finger supporter (T) is angled to be inclined with respect to the axis (X) of the grip portion in order that the resultant force of the muscles of the digits and hand can be generated and exerted to the optimal. The finger supporting structure (F) is embodied in the grasping members of various implements and thereby provides gripping parts (H) having finger supporter (T) of the implements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for use in gripping tennis rackets or the like which is of durable construction and which is easy to use, reliable, and efficient in operation. This device assists a tennis player, pro or novice, to maintain a proper grip on the handle of a tennis racket. This device is constructed of a single unitary piece which includes a wristband being attachable together by fastening means such as “Velcro” (a trademark) or other known hook and loop means, and a handle gripping extension which jutaxposes from the center of the wristband and is slidably attachable to the racket handle via a hole or opening on the extension. This device is made of lightweight material and does not add perceptible weight to the tennis racket or to the user's wrist. The user wears the device to improve his game performance without discomfort or interference with his concentration.

Abstract: A game racket is provided in the grip portion thereof with a sensor for detecting changes in body characteristic of a person engaging in exercise by using the game racket. The changes in body characteristic of the person are detected in the form of electronic signals, which are converted by the sensor into data. The data are exhibited by a display which is disposed in a predetermined position of the game racket. On the basis of the data, an exerciser may adjust the pace of the exercise in which the exerciser is engaged.

Abstract: A vibration absorbing device, particularly for use in shoes or sports implements, is constituted by a mesh which has a vertical warp and two faces, has no filling, is elastically deformable and is embedded or coated with at least one layer of plastic material which is adapted to change its deformability.

Abstract: A metal racket includes a shock removing member, a frame and a handle. The shock removing member has a fitting hole for a lower end of the frame having two shaft rods to fit through and into a hollow interior of the handle and fixed therein by rivets passing through rivet holes of the handle, the shock removing member and the shaft rods. Thus a shock reducing hollow space is formed between the lower end of the shock removing member and the lower end of the handle, When the racket receives shock in hitting a ball, the shock is firstly buffered by the shock removing member and then reduced by the shock reducing hollow space again.

Abstract: A cork grip includes a main part (21) that is formed of cork pieces each having a predetermined cylindrical shape that are punched out of a cork sheet formed of cork material stripped from a cork tree and pressed into the shape of a board. The cork sheet is punched into the cylindrical shapes in such a manner that pithy tissues (6a) of the cork intersect with the axial direction of the main part (21). The pithy tissues (6a) of the main part 21 are filled with a filling agent that includes a mixture of binder and cork powder.

Abstract: A racquet handle having a contoured topography providing unique configurations that increase the player's racquet head awareness and which may be manufactured as an assembly adjustable along the length of the handle which will aid in positioning a player's hand in advantageous positions for stroke improvement.

Abstract: A multi-mode vibration absorbing device for implements includes a base member and a mass mounted to the base member and cantilevered relative thereto. The multi-mode vibration absorbing device is tuned such that it vibrates at the same frequency as the implement but out of phase therewith.

Abstract: A low odor grip is disclosed for a handle of a hand-held implement such as a sports implement or a manual or electric tool which is essentially free of disagreeable odors, which can be installed and quickly shrunk into a tight vapor resistant grip within a matter of a few minutes rather than requiring extended periods of time, and can be installed without the need for any application of heat or use of special tools, equipment or materials. The present device is therefore easy to install, merely sliding over the handle while in dilated state and then allowed to shrink and set by evaporation of the solvent, and thus can be satisfactorily installed in both fabrication facilities and in the field either as an original or replacement grip. The invention also includes an implement fitted with such grip. Representative implements include sports implements such as golf clubs, tennis racquets, weight bars and fishing poles, as well as tools such as hammers, drills, pliers, shovels, axes, and the like.

Abstract: A golf club protective cover which provides a semi-rigid upper enclosure to protect the club head and a sock-like lower enclosure attached to the upper enclosure for protection of the club shaft. The upper enclosure is formed as a semi-rigid cylinder and has an elongated opening in the side wall of the upper enclosure so that the club may be inserted into the cover from the top through the elongated opening or through the bottom of the lower enclosure in a conventional manner.

Abstract: A handle for a racket includes a handle part from which an engaging section longitudinally extends. A carrier member is mounted to the engaging section and has a plurality of weights received in an outside and/or an end thereof A butt cap is mounted to the carrier member. The carrier member can be replaced with another one having different length so as to change the length of the handle. The numbers and positions of the weights in the carrier member can be adjusted so as to adjust the position of weight of the handle.

Abstract: A striking device handle for use in a variety of applications including ball game sports, or as a construction or demolition device handle used in construction, said device is intended to cool the user's hand and reduce the shock that occurs when a striking device impacts an object, the handle having a handgrip comprised of a central body having concavely curved front and rear surfaces which extend a substantial distance along the handgrip, and an exterior shell dispersed on opposite sides of the central body, covering the front and rear surfaces. The shell has a plurality of ventilation openings formed therein that communicate with two separate ventilation chambers that are formed between each of the front and rear surfaces and the shell. Two air inlets are formed on opposite sides of the handgrip at a head end, each air inlet opening into a respective one of the ventilation chambers at the head end.

Abstract: A lightweight, high stiffness tennis racket includes a frame having a handle portion with butt end, head portion, and strings supported by the head portion. The racket is formed from a composite material including carbon fibers, titanium fibers, and epoxy resin and includes a length of at least about 27 inches, weight of less than about 9.2 ounces when strung, and a frequency of vibration of the first mode of bending under free-free constraint of at least about 175 Hz. The racket includes a vibration damping unit located about at the racket handle.

Abstract: A racquet handle having a contoured topography providing unique configurations that increase the player's racquet head awareness and which may be manufactured as an assembly adjustable along the length of the handle which will aid in positioning a player's hand in advantageous positions for stroke improvement.

Abstract: A handle for a racket includes a tubular handle with an end cap mounted to the distal end thereof. The end cap has a bottom board and a swinging device is connected to the bottom board and the swinging device is swingable in the handle. The swinging device includes a cup-like flexible frame and a weight which is retained in the tubular frame so that the flexible frame swings in the tubular handle to absorb the shocks.

Abstract: An end cap for a racket handle includes a tubular member mounted to the racket handle, a collar member connected to the rear end of the tubular member and a board retained in the collar member. A plurality of recesses are respectively defined in the inside and the outside of the tubular member and the inside of the tubular member snugly contacts the racket handle. The collar member has an annular wall extending transversely therefrom and the annular wall snugly contacts the tubular member. The recesses are sealed by the racket handle and the annular wall so as to be defined as chambers which absorb shocks transferred from the racket.

Abstract: The present invention provides a hand held racquet having a racquet face for striking a ball, and having at least one mirror plane intersecting the planar surface, a shaft assembly connected to the racquet face and a handle assembly connected to the shaft assembly, having a grip portion designed to be grasped by the hand of the user. The grip portion has a longitudinal axis and a grip center, wherein the longitudinal axis intersects the mirror plane at an angle of about 5.degree. to 17.degree., substantially in the plane of the racquet face. The grip center is substantially in a mirror plane, and the grip portion incorporates at least one surface which is substantially parallel to the racquet face. The present invention also provides a hand held racquet wherein the handle assembly is connected in a manner fiat enables the angle of intersection between the longitudinal axis of the grip portion and the mirror plane to be adjusted in a rang of about 1.degree. to 90.degree..

Abstract: A racquet handle having a contoured topography providing unique configurations that increase the player's racquet head awareness and which may be manufactured as an assembly adjustable along the length of the handle which will aid in positioning a player's hand in advantageous positions for stroke improvement.

Abstract: A shock absorbing grip for a golf club having a strip formed of a polyurethane layer bonded to a felt layer and a pliable lead tape secured to the felt layer. The strip is spirally wrapped about a golf club handle to form a grip. The weight of the lead tape is so selected as to counterweight the golf club to provide the same swing weight as a conventional grip.

Abstract: A hand held article, such as a golf club, includes an elongated handle with an inner support structure mounted to the handle and a vibration absorbing material mounted around the inner support structure. The inner support structure includes a plurality of spaced rigid projections which extend into the vibration absorbing material to a location inwardly of the outer surface of the vibration absorbing material. In one embodiment the inner support structure is integral with the shaft of the handle. In another embodiment a sleeve is heat shrunk onto the shaft and the inner support structure and vibration absorbing material are mounted over the sleeve.

Abstract: A multi-mode vibration absorbing device for implements includes a base member and a mass mounted to the base member and cantilevered relative thereto. The multi-mode vibration absorbing device is tuned such that it vibrates at the same frequency as the implement but out of phase therewith.

Abstract: A shock-absorbing racket handle having a plurality of grooves and solid blocks alternatively arranged along the length of the body thereof, and a plurality of longitudinal ribs respectively disposed in the grooves and connected between each two adjacent solid blocks in a staggered manner.

Abstract: A racquet handle having a contoured topography providing unique configurations that increase the player's racquet head awareness and which may be manufactured as an assembly adjustable along the length of the handle which will aid in positioning a player's hand in advantageous positions for stroke improvement.

Abstract: This invention is a racquet handle configuration for a tennis racquet handle having a knob (50) to engage the forefinger, a protrusion (40) to engage the saddle formed between the forefinger and thumb of the user when using an Eastern forehand grip, and an extended rear surface to receive the thumb fully when assuming the Eastern backhand grip.

Abstract: A racquet with strings and a handle has at least a portion of the strung length of at least some of its strings at least partially within a cavity defined by the racquet's handle, and/or, in the case of a racquet having a shaft, a cavity defined by the racquet's shaft. Typically two, or some multiple of two, strings are extended in strung length by at least a portion of the length of the handle's (shaft's) cavity. The cavity may be but only slightly recessed into the handle (shaft), and may be nearly as long as is the handle (shaft) itself. Particularly in the case those racquetball racquets qualified by the 1996 rules of the American Amateur Racquetball Association to twenty one inches (21") in total length, each of preferably two or more "long" strings commonly extend at least fifteen and one-half inches (.gtoreq.51/2"), and may extend as long as twenty and one-half inches (>201/2"), in strung length by virtue of extending within the cavity of a hollow handle.

Abstract: A method for inflating cushioning devices which comprise at least first and second distinct chambers having an interconnecting passage providing fluid communication between the chambers. The method comprises either: (1) limiting the volume of at least one of the chambers, filling the chambers with a fluid at a single inflation pressure from a single inflation point and sealing the interconnecting passage, or (2) filling the chambers with a fluid at a single inflation pressure from a single inflation point compressing at least one of the distinct chambers, and sealing the interconnecting passage. The method is particularly suited to manufacture of a footwear cushion comprised of a body of elastomeric material having a plurality of sealed non-communicating cells having a single inflation point. At least two cells sharing a single sealed inflation passage are at different pressures.

Abstract: A shock absorbing grip for the handle of a tennis racquet or golf club having a polyurethane layer bonded to a felt layer. The bonded-together layers are configured as a strip which is wrapped about the handle with the side edges being formed with recessed reinforcement side edges which are tightly butted together. The reinforcement edges may be heat bonded together, if desired.

Abstract: A golf club shaft grip having a polyurethane layer bonded to a felt layer. The bonded-together layers are configured as a strip which is spirally wrapped about the shaft. A cap is then telescopically applied over the upper end of the shaft to prevent unraveling of the strip from the shaft.

Abstract: A tennis racket with handle and head coupled with an interconnection insert provides torsional elasticity and vibration damping. The racket handle has a mating extension extending toward the head and the head includes a mating extension extending toward the handle such that the handle and head mate together at the mating extensions. The handle extension has a tongue with two bores and a pair of elastic bushings extending through bores. The head mating extension comprises a recess or U-shaped channel which receives the tongue and includes a pair of securing pins extending through the bushings and being rigidly secured to the sides of the recess or channel. The bushings and pins are positioned transverse to the longitudinal extent of the handle and parallel to the racket face. The bushings perform a shock absorbing function, provide torsional elasticity and control the racket stiffness.

Abstract: A game racket has a handle formed of at least three suspension arms arranged side by side at an interval to form therebetween three slots parallel to the longitudinal axes of the suspension arms. The handle is provided with a shock-absorbing element having a body and a plurality of pieces extending from the body and corresponding in number to the slots. The shock-absorbing element is implanted in the handle such that the body is located in a common center of the slots, and that the pieces are located in the slots. The overall contact area between the shock-absorbing element and the handle is greatly expanded to enable the handle to alleviate the impact effectively.

Abstract: A shock absorbing grip for a golf club or racquet having a two-piece strip formed of a polyurethane layer bonded to a felt layer where one strip segment is wider or equal than the other strip segment. The strip is spirally wrapped about a golf club or racquet handle with the side edges being formed with recessed reinforcement side edges which are overlapped to form a water retarding joint between the side edges of the strip. The strip segments and side edges may be fabricated in contrasting colors to provide a unique decorative appearance.

Abstract: A universal handle for household and other hand-held implements, the handle being adapted to ergonomically render the implement to which it is applied useable by individuals who have difficulty in firmly grasping a conventional handle. The universal handle, which is fabricated of elastomeric material having good thermal insulation and cushioning properties, includes an internal cavity to socket the core shank of the implement. The handle has an elliptical cross section, the opposing sides of the handle adjacent its upper end each having a concave depression, in each of which an array of spaced, flexible fins is anchored to define a depressible grip site. When the fingers of a user's hand are clenched about the handle, the internal region of the resultant fist conforms to the form of the handle to provide a good grip thereon, the thumb and forefinger pressing into the grip sites to enhance the user's grip on the handle.

Abstract: A golf club shaft grip having a polyurethane layer bonded to a felt layer. The bonded-together layers are configured as a strip which is spirally wrapped about the shaft. A cap is then telescopically applied over the upper end of the shaft to prevent unraveling of the strip from the shaft.