CN1433823A

CN1433823A - Wrap style hand grip

Info

Publication number: CN1433823A
Application number: CN03101844A
Authority: CN
Inventors: J·J·乌尔里克; D·C·威科夫
Original assignee: Eaton Corp
Current assignee: Eaton Corp
Priority date: 2002-01-22
Filing date: 2003-01-22
Publication date: 2003-08-06
Also published as: GB0301302D0; TW200302122A; TW583008B; AU2003200106A1; JP2003230644A; CA2416924A1; US20030139223A1

Abstract

A wrap style hand grip (8) with a multiple material surface throughout the length of the grip has an elastomeric body (10) with a spiral formed channel 12 therein. A strip (18) of alternative material is disposed within the spiral formed channel (12) and in combination with the exposed upper surface (17) thereon forms the wrap style hand grip which is particularly suited for use as a golf club grip.

Description

The wound form handle

Technical field

Present invention relates in general to the leader, more specifically, relate to a slide contact type handle with surfaces of various materials, it is suitable for using as the wound form golf clubs with many instruments or article.

Background technology

There are many dissimilar handles to be used for various article at present, comprise instrument (hammer handle etc.), racket (handball bat, racket or tennis racket), bat (softball or baseball), cue rest, umbrella, fishing rod etc., but be not limited to this.As used herein, " handle " speech refers to and comprises all these article and other article, though the present invention is especially suitable for use as golf club grip, and has quoted it specially.Should be very clear, the present invention is particularly useful for any aforesaid application scenario that is used for handle.

The slide contact type golf club grip of making of molded elastomeric material or synthetic plastic is well-known in the golf industry." slipping " speech used herein slides on shaft or the handle referring to the handle of making of a kind of material, and fixes with a kind of binding agent or analog.The slide contact type handle can have many shapes and form.They can be polished, and stay some streakline that passes rubber compound (cord), so that various handle style and sensation to be provided.

The wound form golf club grip also is known in the sector.In the past, golf club grip is just around the leather of golf ball bar body or the twister of cloth.Afterwards, replaced leather or cloth with synthetic material.Recently, twister is with various elastomeric material manufacturings, and they twine around golf ball bar body by spirality, or twines around the sleeve that is positioned on the golf ball bar body as for example described in the U.S. Patent No. Re 35673.

Whole handle is all used single surfacing in the winding style of existing handle before, is holding the grip especially." single surfacing " refers to, and the material on the surface of handle is identical.But these existing single surfacing wound form handles lack in appearance appearance change and the sensation with aesthetics on the grasping surface whole functional length of handle.

Also need a kind of improved handle, it can provide the economic durable advantage of slide contact type handle, but has the style and the feel of wound form handle.This golf club grip can provide surfaces of various materials, with the improvement outward appearance, and provides more reliable grasping under all types of weather and/or moving condition.Handle is comfortable in hand and permanent superior grasping is provided.

Summary of the invention

Therefore, one object of the present invention is for providing an improved wound form handle, and it has surfaces of various materials.

Another object of the present invention is for providing a wound form handle, and it provides the durability of slide contact type handle, and a good grasping also is provided under all weather and/or moving condition.

Another purpose of the present invention is for providing a wound form golf club grip with surfaces of various materials, and it has remarkable and pleasing outward appearance, and the convenience and the economy of single type slide contact type golf club grip.

Above and other objects of the present invention realize with a wound form handle, and it comprises that one has and is roughly columniform elastomer.This elastomer comprises that one is constructed to be permeable to be received within slidably the hole on the workpiece.This elastomer further comprises the groove of making spiral, and this groove extends from elastomeric top to its underpart.Another material strips that is different from elastomeric material constitutes to be placed on to be made in the spiral groove, so that form the wound form handle with surfaces of various materials.This can be with comprising polyurethane, leather, natural fabric or fabric, synthetic textiles or fabric, synthetic plastic or rubber, thermoplasticity or thermosets, or any their combination makes, but not limited.

The invention still further relates to a kind of method of making the wound form handle, it comprises the following steps: to provide the columniform body that is roughly that a usefulness elastomer does; Portion to its underpart forms a spiral slot from it on the elastomer body; In helicla flute, place the bar that another kind of material is done, to make the wound form handle.

In claims of a part appended and that become disclosure, particularly point out the new various characteristics of expression feature of the present invention.For the concrete purpose of understanding the present invention and its service advantages better and reaching by its effect, can be referring to accompanying drawing and the illustrative contents of the preferred embodiments of the present invention wherein has been described.

Brief description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the side view of the wound form handle as golf club grip of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a side view, and it illustrates the elastomer body as golf club grip of the present invention;

Fig. 3 is the vertical view of golf club grip;

Fig. 4 is the bottom view of golf club grip;

Fig. 5 is the front view according to the part of the bar of the preferred embodiments of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is the side view according to the part of the bar of preferred embodiment of the present invention; And

Fig. 7 is the cutaway view of the part of wound form golf club grip.

The description of the specific embodiment

Referring to each figure, they are not limited to the present invention, and in the drawings, the same or similar feature of same digitized representation especially at first in Fig. 1, shows according to the wound form handle as golf club grip of the present invention, and it is represented with 8 generally.As previously mentioned, the present invention can be used in the article of any use one slide contact type handle (slip-on hand grip), and is not only limited to golf club grip.The slide contact type golf club grip is extensive use of in the industry and even can be considered to " golf club grip commonly used ".This handle is used elastomeric material such as rubber compound or synthetic plastic manufacturing usually." elastomer ", " rubber compound ", " synthetic plastic ", " thermoplastic ", " hot solids material " or simple speech such as " rubber " use interchangeably herein and are used to represent same material.In industry, there are many rubber compounds to be used to make various slide contact type handle.These materials provide convenience, economy and durability.In addition, rubber compound provides industrial desired good hand feeling or grip characteristics.This material feels comfortably cool in hand, but reliable grasping is provided under all types of weather and moving condition.

As shown in Figure 1, the body 10 usefulness rubber manufacturings of a golf club grip and columniform substantially shape is arranged.The body 10 of handle 8 comprises an appreciable hole 11 in Fig. 4 therein.Hole 11 have one with the consistent diameter of diameter of shaft that is also referred to as workpiece (instrument) herein or handle.Hole 11 is used to allow handle to be received in workpiece slidably.Body 10 preferably also comprises a tapering consistent with workpiece, and this workpiece is a golf ball bar body (part that is shown in broken lines in Fig. 2) in the example shown, and golf club grip slides on it, and fixed thereon with known binding agent.Fig. 3 and 4 illustrates the vertical view and the bottom view of the golf club grip of taper.The maintenance of slide contact type golf club grip and installation are well-known, do not need to describe in detail herein.The replacing of handle is than very fast and cheap process, can be undertaken by most golf professionals and/or professional club manufacturers.

Elastomer body 10 is made spiral groove 12, and it extends downward bottom 16 from the top 14 of elastomer body 10.Owing to form the result of helicla flute 12, on elastomer body 10, stay an end face that exposes 17.This end face that exposes 17 is firsts of the surfaces of various materials of handle 8." surfaces of various materials " speech used herein refers to the surface of the handle made of dissimilar materials.Should be appreciated that speech used herein " top " and " bottom " are meant by golf club grip 8 in its normal direction." top " of handle is meant the shaft of close workpiece or the part of handle end." bottom " is the end opposite of handle.

Make spiral groove 12 and be configured to a width (W1) and the degree of depth (d), its size is made and is used to hold the bar 18 (being also referred to as twister) that the another kind of material of a usefulness is done, and this is placed on makes in the spiral groove 12.Speech used herein " another kind of material " means the second kind material different with the type of elastomer body 10.In Fig. 1, bar 18 is shown in broken lines, and combines with body 10, forms as wound form golf club grip 8 of the present invention.Elastomer body 10 and the groove 12 grooved and the plug of handy two-piece type form, or by another kind of scheme, with any other suitable molding process formation.Groove 12 even can cut in the molded elastomer body 10.

As shown in Figure 1, spiral slot 12 preferably includes a joint-cutting 20, to be used to admit the oblique initiating terminal 22 of bar 18 as shown in Figure 5.The oblique initiating terminal 22 of bar 18 preferably is inserted in the joint-cutting 20, and bar 18 then is placed in the uppermost end of groove 12, and twines around body 10 by bar 18 being placed in the groove 12, always down to the bottom 16 of body 10.Bar 18 usefulness binding agent well known in the prior art is fixed in the groove 12, or by another kind of scheme, bar 18 can be provided with binding agent and covering with removable boundary belt in its bottom by the known mode of wound form golf club grip before it uses.The afterbody of bar 18 also can be made oblique in the mode similar to oblique starting end 22, consistent bottom with the bottom 16 of note and body 10.Another kind of scheme is, bar 18 can cut simply so that cooperate, and the most handy one similarly band be fixed on the wound form golf club grip in the bottom of body 10.

According to the present invention, bar 18 usefulness second or another kind of material manufacturing, it is different with the elastomer of the end face 17 that exposes, it comprises thermoplastic, thermosets, elastomeric material such as foam rubber material, polyurethane, synthetic leather, leather, synthetic cork, textile material or fabric such as felt, other synthetic material or fabric or their combination, but be not limited to this.Fig. 6 illustrates the side view of bar 18, and it comprises the polyurethane layer 24 that sticks on the foam rubber layer 26.Though bar 18, should be understood that bar 18 can have to make as having straight flange and illustrating and cuts limit thin or that band is sloping.In addition, illustrate by straight wall, should be understood that also making spiral groove 12 also can make wall with a slope though make spiral groove 12, consistent with the limit that cutting of bar 18 is thin.The width of groove 12 and bar 16 (W2) will be chosen to consistent in normal moulding tolerance each other, so that bar 18 is placed easily and is fixed in the groove 12.Only be for illustrative purposes, the width of bar 18 is preferably about 1.5cm about 1-2cm.The thickness of bar 18 (t) can be selected by any desired thickness, so that comfort feel or grasping to be provided.Only be for illustrative purposes once more, the example of suitable thickness (t) is about 1-2mm, when requiring twister to put to flush with the end face that exposes 17 that formed by groove 12 in the elastomer body 10, the degree of depth of groove 12 (d) is chosen to consistent with the thickness (t) of bar 18.The example of the twister 18 that the end face 17 of putting and exposing flushes is shown among Fig. 7.As shown in Figure 1, the end face 17 and the bar 18 that expose spiral by the layout that replaces, so that the surface of multiple material to be provided along the whole length of handle.Handle has at least two kinds of dissimilar materials in its surface, and they are alternately arranged along the whole length of handle.

Another kind of embodiment comprises makes bar 18 be chosen to have thickness (t) greater than the degree of depth (d) of groove 12, so that twister 18 is higher than the end face 17 that exposes.Equally, bar 18 also can have the thickness less than the degree of depth of groove 12, so that the end face 17 (seeming) that exposes is higher.Should be very clear, by the thickness of bar 18 of the present invention and/or groove 12, the degree of depth and width can easily change by client's the sensation and the design of wound form golf club grip.As mentioned above, bar 18 also can comprise a kind of binding agent that is coated with removable boundary belt, is placed on securely in the groove 12 to allow bar 18.Another kind of scheme is also can impose independent binding agent in groove 12, with fixed strip 18.

Another feature of the present invention is that it allows bar 18 is any selected color or institutional framework, so that except a surfaces of various materials is provided, also provides the aesthetic pleasing color and the combination of sensation.In addition, the end face that exposes 17 on the body 10 can comprise depression 30 as shown in Figure 2, and they are coated with coating so that the multiple design of golf club grip to be provided.Like this, on the whole functional length of the incrustation of handle and handle, provide a lot of variations according to wound form golf club grip of the present invention.This allows the surface texture according to the multiple material of the whole length of handle, produces unique and pleasing different the look and feel characteristics in the wound form handle.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the method for a kind of manufacturing one wound form handle is provided, it comprises the following steps, the body 10 of the general cylindrical that a usefulness elastomer does is provided; Form a spiral slot 12 on body 10, this groove 12 extends to the bottom 16 of body 10 from the top 14 of body 10, and this body 10 also comprises a hole 11 therein, to be used to slide into the end of a workpiece; In groove 12, place the bar of making of different materials 18; And bar 18 is fixed in the groove 12.Bar 18 can twine on body 10 in advance forming holistic slide contact type unit, or by another kind of scheme, bar 18 can be wrapped on the body 10 after body 10 be contained on the golf ball bar body.

Elastomer body 10 preferably includes a lid that is integrally formed therewith 32, and it comprises a centre bore 34.Another kind of embodiment can comprise provides an independent end cap, and it is configured to be placed on the top of elastomer body 10, and by interfering the cooperation of type, or a kind of binding agent or its combination are fixed thereon.

Though illustrate and describe in detail specific embodiment of the present invention,, should be understood that the present invention can implement otherwise and do not deviate from these principles so that the application of principle of the present invention to be described.

Claims

1. a wound form handle (8), it comprises

One has on the whole and to be columniform elastomer body (10), described elastomer body (10) also has a hole (11) that is constructed to be permeable to be received within slidably on the workpiece, described elastomer body (10) is made spiral groove (12), and this groove is with top (14) (16) extension to the bottom of described elastomer body (10); And

The bar (18) that the another kind of material of one usefulness is done, it is placed on described making in the spiral groove (12), combination and form the wound form handle with surfaces of various materials.

2. wound form handle as claimed in claim 1 (8), it is characterized by, described (18) comprise a kind of material, it is choose from following group a kind of, and this group is by leather, polyurethane, natural fabric, synthetic textiles, natural fabric, synthetic cork, thermoplastic, thermosets, foam rubber and combine.

3. wound form handle as claimed in claim 1 (8) is characterized by, and described (18) comprise the foam rubber layer that is bonded on the layer of polyurethane.

4. wound form handle as claimed in claim 1 (8) is characterized by, and described (18) comprise a polyurethane material layer.

5. wound form handle as claimed in claim 1 (8) is characterized by, and described elastomer body (10) comprises the lid (32) of body formation one by one.

6. wound form handle as claimed in claim 1 (8) is characterized by, and described elastomer body (10) also comprises a joint-cutting (20) on the top (14) of described elastomer body (10), to be used to admit an end (22) of described (18).

7. wound form handle as claimed in claim 6 (8) is characterized by, and described (18) comprise an oblique initiating terminal (22), and it is configured for being received in slidably in the described joint-cutting (20).

8. wound form handle as claimed in claim 7 (8) is characterized by, and described (18) also comprise an oblique tail end (22), and it is configured in the bottom of described handle (8) (16) with described to make spiral groove (12) consistent.

9. in the slide contact type golf club grip (8) that a usefulness elastomer is made, its improvement comprises the spiral slot (12) that extend the bottom (16) of the top from golf club grip (8) (14) to golf club grip (8), described spiral slot (12) is configured for admitting the bar made from another kind of material (18), so that a wound form golf club grip (8) to be provided.

10. slide contact type golf club grip as claimed in claim 9 (8) is characterized by, and described golf club grip (8) comprises a lid that forms (32).

11. slide contact type golf club grip as claimed in claim 9 (8), it is characterized by, described golf club grip (8) also comprises a joint-cutting (20) in described golf club grip top (14), to be used to admit an end (22) of described (18).

12. make the method for wound form handle (8), it comprises the following steps:

What provide that a usefulness elastomer does is roughly columniform body (10); Form spiral slot (12) therein, this spiral slot (12) extends from the bottom (16) of top (14) to body (10) of body (10), and body (10) has a hole (11) therein, to be used to slide into an end of a workpiece; And, in described groove (12), place the bar of making of another kind of material (18), and hold it in wherein, to form wound form handle (8).

13. as the method for claim 12, it also comprises the following steps: to provide a joint-cutting (20) in the top of handle (8) (14), to be used to admit an end (22) of bar (18).

14. as the method for the manufacturing wound form handle (8) of claim 13, it also comprises the step of the bar (18) that forms band foamed polyurethane material layer.