US2046164A - Handle grip - Google Patents

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June 30, 1936. p HERKNER 2,046,164

HANDLE GRIP Filed Sept. 1'7, 1934 .3 jrgj g INVENTOR. Q 13mm M,MMW

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Patented June 30, 1 936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Claims.

This invention is an improved handle grip or wrapping for golf clubs and other objects, and its primary purpose is to provide a device of this nature that will aiford an easy and comfortable but secure hand hold that will be unalfected by perspiration or other moisture and under all circumstances will prevent the grip from slipping or turning in the hands. Thus, in the case of a golf club, the accuracy of the club head position essential to a proper drive or shot is assured, assuming, of course, that in other respects the swing is correct.

A more limited purpose of the invention is the production of a composite wrapping or cover for the handles of golf clubs and other objects that is preferably in strip form so that it may be applied to the handle spirally according to prevailing practice, and when so applied will present a smooth cushioned grip surface interspersed with slight protuberances or spots of pliable, nonabsorbent friction material.

In the accompanying drawing, Fig. 1 shows the handle of a golf club, partly in section, with my improved grip applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary elevational view of the wrapping or covering whereof the grip is formed; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 showing a slightly modified form of the invention.

In the drawing, l denotes a handle to which the grip is applied, the same being that of a golf club, although it will be understood that the invention is not limited to this particular application. The wrapping or covering, designated generally by the reference numeral 2, is a composite element, preferably in strip form, that is made up of a relatively thin ply 3 of rubber or like substance and a superposed layer 4 of leather or similar non-elastic material, said layer and ply being permanently secured together in the process of manufacture, as by cementing or vulcanizing. In the use of leather as the outer layer, the ply 3 is preferably attached to the flash side so that the attachment will be enhanced by the fibrous surface of such side. The ply 3 is formed with protuberances or projections 5 of suitable size, shape and spacing, and the layer 4 has openings 6 into or through which said protuberances or projections extend.

According to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the protuberances or projections 5 extend somewhat beyond the outer surface of the layer 4, whereas in the modification of Fig. 4 the outer ends of the projections are flush with said surface. In Fig. 4 the outer layer is designated 4 the underlying ply 3 and the projections of the latter 5 Preparatory to applying the wrapping or covering 2 to the handle I, the latter may, if desired, be Wrapped with a thin layer of felt or other 5 material, according to common practice, and the wrapping or covering 2 may then be wound spirally about the handle and attached thereto by a suitable adhesive, such as rubber cement. The usual windings of twine may be applied to the 10 ends of the grip, or caps and ferrules used where such is preferred. These incidental details are so well known that illustration is deemed unnecessary.

Constructed as above described, the handle grip presents a smooth cushioned surface for the reception of the hands, and the protuberances or spots of pliable, non-absorbent, friction material insure a secure hold without interfering with the comfort of the hands.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. A handle grip comprising an inner layer formed of rubber composition having projections preformed thereon and an outer layer of leather or the like having openings correspondingly positioned with respect to said projections formed therein and the projections of the inner layer extending through said openings in said outer layer thereby interlocking the layers together and providing closely associated gripping portions of leather or the like and rubber compositions.

2. A handle grip comprising an inner layer formed of rubber composition having closely associated projections preformed thereon and an outer layer of leather or the like having closely associated openings formed therein and positioned to correspond to and receive and closely fit the projections of the inner layer, interlocking the layers together and providing closely associated gripping portions of leather or the like and rubber compositions.

3. A handle grip comprising an inner layer formed of rubber composition having staggeredly arranged projections preformed thereon and an outer layer of leather composition having openings correspondingly positioned with respect to said projections formed therein and receiving and closely fitting said projections of the inner layer and said projections extending to the outer ends of the openings and interlocking the layers together and providing closely associated gripping portions of leather or the like and rubber compositions.

4. A handle grip comprising an inner layer 5 formed of rubber compositionhaving projections preformed thereon and an outer layer of leather composition having openings correspondingly positioned with respect to said projections formed therein and through which extend the projec tions of the inner layer and said projections closely fitting the openings and extending beyond the outer face of the outer layer, interlocking the inner and outer layers and providing closely associated gripping portions of leather and rubber compositions.

5. A hand grip comprising an inner layer formed of rubber composition having closely as- V inner layer and through which the projections of the inner layer are adapted to extend and interlock the outer and inner layers together to provide 0n the outer surface of said grip a plurality of closely associated gripping portions of leather 10 or the like and rubber composition.

' PETER HERKNER.

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