JP3217917U - Golf club grip - Google Patents

Abstract

Provided is a golf club grip in which weights can be easily adjusted, and even when the weights are repeatedly screwed in and out, there is no hindrance to the screw attaching and detaching operations. A cylindrical grip body 1 mounted on a shaft S of a golf club, an end cap 2 mounted on a rear end portion of the grip body 1, and a cylindrical sleeve installed on the rear end portion of the shaft S. 3 and a weight 4 that is detachably attached to the cylindrical sleeve 3. The end cap 2 includes a disk-shaped head portion 21 and a cylindrical portion 22 that is suspended from the head portion 21. The portion 21 is formed with a housing portion 23 for a screw head 41a of a metal screw 41 to be the weight 4, and a cylindrical sleeve 3 integrated with the end cap 2 is installed inside the rear end of the shaft S. The cylindrical sleeve 3 is made of a hard resin, and is provided with a screw groove 31 in which the screw portion 41c of the metal screw 41 is detachably attached to the inner periphery. [Selection] Figure 3

Description

  The present invention relates to a golf club grip provided with a weight for adjusting swing balance and the like.

  Conventionally, golf clubs have been tried to increase the weight of the head or the length of the shaft in order to improve the flight distance or the like. However, by increasing the weight of the golf club head or increasing the shaft length, the swing balance of the club changes, so it is difficult to control the swing and hit the ball with a club whose swing balance has changed. It is.

  Therefore, in order to adjust the balance according to the golfer's own swing, a lead plate is attached near the grip of the shaft, the grip itself is made heavy, or a weight is attached to the grip.

  In a conventional golf club, there is a grip structure with a weight disclosed in Patent Document 1 as a weight attached to a grip, and a weight for grip disclosed in Non-Patent Document 1 as a weight attached to a grip. Exists.

  Patent Document 1 discloses three embodiments as a weighted grip structure. In the first embodiment, a spring washer is attached to a screw shaft provided on one side of the grip or weight, and the grip and weight are connected by screwing this screw shaft with a screw portion provided on the other side. It is supposed to be integrated. In the second embodiment, a connection structure formed by fitting convex connection portions and concave connection portions provided on one or both end faces of the grip and weight is formed at a plurality of locations. In the third embodiment, the weight connecting portion is provided at the end of the grip, has an insertion port, is elastically deformable, and the weight is an axial difference that can be inserted into the insertion port. It has a built-in part.

  Non-Patent Document 1 prepares a plurality of weights each provided with a mounting hole in the center of a metal disk, superimposes several of these, and passes these small screws through these mounting holes. A weight is attached to the grip end by screwing into a hole of an end cap attached to the grip end.

Japanese Patent No. 4507266 Product "Balance Down G-43" listed on page 90 of Light's 2018 catalog

  However, in the grip structure with weight disclosed in the above-mentioned conventional Patent Document 1, the spring washer is interposed between the grip and the weight in the first embodiment, so that the weight is loosened by the spring washer and falls off the grip. However, there is a problem that it is troublesome to screw the grip and the weight with the spring washer interposed. Furthermore, in Patent Document 1, since the grip is made of an elastically deformable synthetic resin or rubber, the screw formed on the grip cannot be firmly screwed on the weight or the screw is repeatedly attached and detached. There was a problem that the groove was crushed and the screw could not be attached or detached.

  In addition, in the second embodiment and the third embodiment of the conventional grip structure with weight, the weight is forcibly inserted into or inserted into the grip so that the weight is not detached from the grip. Therefore, it is easy to attach the weight to the grip, but it is difficult to remove the weight when replacing the weight.

  Further, in the grip weight disclosed in the conventional non-patent document 1, since the end cap mounted on the grip end is made of an elastically deformable synthetic resin or rubber, the weight is firmly screwed. If it cannot be performed, or if the screw attaching / detaching operation of the small screw is repeated, the hole of the end cap becomes too large or is crushed, which makes it impossible to perform the screw attaching / detaching operation.

  Therefore, the present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and the weight can be easily adjusted, and even if the metal screw serving as the weight is repeatedly screwed and attached, there is no problem with the screw attaching and detaching operation. The object of the present invention is to provide a golf club grip that does not occur.

  Therefore, the golf club grip of the present invention includes a cylindrical grip body 1 attached to the shaft S of the golf club, an end cap 2 attached to the rear end portion of the grip body 1, and the rear end of the shaft S. The end cap 2 includes a disk-shaped head portion 21 and a head portion 21 that is suspended from the head portion 21. The head portion 21 is formed with a housing portion 23 for a screw head 41a of a metal screw 41 serving as the weight 4, and is integrated with the end cap 2 inside the rear end of the shaft S. The cylindrical sleeve 3 is made of a hard resin, and the thread groove 3 in which the screw portion 41c of the metal screw 41 is detachably attached to the inner periphery. It is assumed that the provided.

  The golf club grip of the present invention includes a cylindrical grip body 1 attached to the shaft S of the golf club, an end cap 2 attached to the rear end portion of the grip body 1, and the rear end of the shaft S. The end cap 2 includes a disk-shaped head portion 21 and a head portion 21 that is suspended from the head portion 21. The head portion 21 is formed with a housing portion 23 for a screw head 41a of a metal screw 41 serving as the weight 4, and is separated from the end cap 2 inside the rear end of the shaft S. A cylindrical sleeve 3 is installed as a body. The cylindrical sleeve 3 is made of a hard resin, and a screw groove 31 in which a screw portion 41c of the metal screw 41 is detachably attached to an inner periphery. It is assumed that provided.

  Furthermore, in the golf club grip of the present invention, an insertion groove 24 is formed between the cylindrical portion 22 and the cylindrical sleeve 3 of the end cap 2, and the rear end portion of the shaft S is inserted into the insertion groove 24. The cylindrical sleeve 3 is installed inside the rear end of the shaft S.

  In the golf club grip of the present invention, the cylindrical sleeve 3 is inserted inside the rear end of the shaft S, and the outer surface of the cylindrical sleeve 3 is bonded to the inner surface of the rear end portion of the shaft S. It is assumed that the cylindrical sleeve 3 is installed inside the rear end.

  The golf club grip of the present invention can be easily adjusted by simply replacing the weight with a metal screw having a different length.

  Further, the golf club grip of the present invention can be used for a long time without causing any trouble in the screw attachment / detachment operation even when the screw attachment / detachment operation of the weight metal screw is repeated to adjust the weight. It will be able to withstand.

1 is a cross-sectional view showing a first embodiment of a golf club grip according to the present invention. It is a principal part expanded sectional view of the grip for golf clubs shown in FIG. FIG. 2 is a partial cross-sectional exploded perspective view of the golf club grip shown in FIG. 1. It is sectional drawing which shows 2nd embodiment of the grip for golf clubs concerning this invention. It is a principal part expanded sectional view of the grip for golf clubs shown in FIG. FIG. 5 is a partial cross-sectional exploded perspective view of the golf club grip shown in FIG. 4. It is a perspective view of the weight (metal screw) used for the grip for golf clubs concerning this device.

  DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, embodiments for implementing a golf club grip according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in the figure, the golf club grip of the present invention is formed integrally with a cylindrical grip body 1 that is detachably mounted on the golf club shaft S and a rear end portion of the grip body 1. The end cap 2 is attached to the rear end of the shaft S, and the weight 4 is screwed into and removed from the cylindrical sleeve 3.

  The grip body 1 is formed in a cylindrical shape from a material having rubber elasticity such as natural rubber, synthetic rubber, or soft resin, and is attached to the shaft S of the golf club with rubber elasticity so that it can be inserted and removed from its tip. ing.

  The end cap 2 includes a disk-shaped head portion 21 and a cylindrical portion 22 suspended from the head portion 21. The head portion 21 accommodates a screw head 41 a of a metal screw 41 serving as the weight 4. Part 23 is formed. The storage portion 23 is a cylindrical recess or a cylindrical hole having a diameter corresponding to the diameter of the screw head 41a of the metal screw 41, so that no gap is generated between the storage portion 23 and the screw head 41a. Therefore, the screw head 41 a of the metal screw 41 does not jump out from the rear end of the end cap 2 in the state of being stored in the storage portion 23, and no gap is formed between the screw cap 41 a and the storage portion 23. It will not impair the appearance. The screw head 41a of the metal screw 41 can be formed in various shapes such as a flat plate, a round plate, a truss, and a binding. It can be made into a shape.

  1-3, a cylindrical sleeve 3 integrated with the end cap 2 is installed inside the rear end of the shaft S, and the end cap shown in FIGS. A cylindrical sleeve 3 separate from 2 is installed. The cylindrical sleeve 3 is made of a hard resin, and is provided with a screw groove 31 in which a screw portion 41c of the metal screw 41 is detachable on the inner periphery. Further, the cylindrical sleeve 3 can be lengthened or shortened according to the length L of the screw portion 41c of the metal screw 41 to be the weight 4 described later. The hard resin has a JIS hardness of 50 or more, preferably a JIS hardness of 55 or more and less than 65. Thermoplastic resins such as polyethylene, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, and polyamide, melamine resin, phenol resin, acrylic resin, PET, etc. And thermosetting resin. As the hard resin, thermosetting resin is easy to perform machining such as cutting and grinding, and the cylindrical sleeve 3 is easily provided with the thread groove 31.

  As shown in FIGS. 1 to 3, when the cylindrical sleeve 3 is integrated with the end cap 2, the end cap 2 is also made of a hard resin, and the insertion groove 24 is interposed between the cylindrical portion 22 and the cylindrical sleeve 3. And the cylindrical sleeve 3 is integrally formed. The cylindrical sleeve 3 is installed inside the rear end of the shaft S by inserting the rear end of the shaft S into the insertion groove 24. In this case, if the cylindrical sleeve 3 is provided with a chamfered portion 32 of about 45 to 75 degrees on the outer periphery of the lower end portion, the lower end portion of the insertion groove 24 widens, and the rear end of the shaft S extends into the insertion groove 24. The part becomes easy to insert. Further, the inner surface of the cylindrical sleeve 3 is provided with a screw groove 31 of a screw portion 41c of the metal screw 41.

  As shown in FIGS. 4 to 6, when the cylindrical sleeve 3 is separated from the end cap 2, the end cap 2 may be made of a hard resin or a soft resin. Then, the cylindrical sleeve 3 is inserted into the rear end of the shaft S, and the outer surface of the cylindrical sleeve 3 is bonded to the inner surface of the rear end of the shaft S, whereby the cylindrical sleeve 3 is installed inside the rear end of the shaft S. It is assumed that Further, the inner surface of the cylindrical sleeve 3 is provided with a screw groove 31 of a screw portion 41c of the metal screw 41.

  The weight 4 is assumed to have a weight of 5 to 20 g. As shown in FIG. 7, various weights having different lengths L of the screw portion 41c of the metal screw 41 are prepared and replaced. The weight is adjusted accordingly. Examples of the material of the metal screw 41 used as the weight 4 include iron, brass, stainless steel, aluminum, and titanium. Brass or stainless steel is preferable. Iron is inexpensive but is not preferred because it is easily rusted. Aluminum is not preferred because of its low specific gravity, and titanium is not preferred because it is expensive.

  The golf club grip of the present invention configured as described above is mounted on the golf club shaft S as follows.

  First, in the golf club grip of the present invention, when the cylindrical sleeve 3 is integrated with the end cap 2, the tip of the grip body 1 is brought close to the rear end of the shaft S as shown in FIG. The entire grip body 1 may be inserted into the rear end of the shaft S and pushed in until the rear end of the shaft S enters the insertion groove 24 of the end cap 2.

  In the golf club grip of the present invention, when the cylindrical sleeve 3 is separated from the end cap 2, the cylindrical sleeve 3 is inserted into the rear end portion of the shaft S, and the outer surface of the cylindrical sleeve 3 is connected to the shaft. After adhering to the inner surface of the rear end portion of S, the tip of the grip body 1 is brought close to the rear end of the shaft S as shown in FIG. And the shaft S is pushed in until the outer surface of the rear end portion of the shaft S contacts the inner surface of the cylindrical portion 22 of the end cap 2.

  In order to adjust the weight of the golf club, a screw having a length L of the metal screw 41 as shown in FIG. The user may make a trial strike, confirm the swing balance, and make the user feel that the swing balance desired by the user is met.

  Therefore, the golf club grip of the present invention can easily adjust the weight by simply replacing the metal screw 41 serving as the weight 4.

  Furthermore, in the golf club grip of the present invention, the cylindrical sleeve 3 is made of a hard resin even when the screwing operation of the metal screw 41 that becomes the weight 4 is repeated to adjust the weight. It can withstand long-term use without causing any trouble in the attachment / detachment operation.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Grip main body 2 End cap 3 Cylindrical sleeve 4 Weight 21 Head part 22 Cylindrical part 23 Storage part 24 Insertion groove 31 Screw groove 41 Metal screw 41a Screw head 41c Screw part S Shaft

Claims (4)

  A cylindrical grip body (1) attached to the shaft (S) of the golf club, an end cap (2) attached to the rear end of the grip body (1), and a rear end of the shaft (S) A cylindrical sleeve (3), and a weight (4) screwed into and removed from the cylindrical sleeve (3). The end cap (2) includes a disk-shaped head portion (21), The head portion (21) comprises a cylindrical portion (22) suspended from the head portion (21). The head portion (21) has a housing portion (23 for the screw head (41a) of the metal screw (41) serving as the weight (4). And a cylindrical sleeve (3) integrated with the end cap (2) is installed inside the rear end of the shaft (S). The cylindrical sleeve (3) is made of a hard resin. The metal screw (41 Gripping a golf club, characterized in that provided in the threaded portion (41c) freely threadedly removable and the thread groove (31).   A cylindrical grip body (1) attached to the shaft (S) of the golf club, an end cap (2) attached to the rear end of the grip body (1), and a rear end of the shaft (S) A cylindrical sleeve (3), and a weight (4) screwed into and removed from the cylindrical sleeve (3). The end cap (2) includes a disk-shaped head portion (21), The head portion (21) comprises a cylindrical portion (22) suspended from the head portion (21). The head portion (21) has a housing portion (23 for the screw head (41a) of the metal screw (41) serving as the weight (4). And a cylindrical sleeve (3) separated from the end cap (2) is installed inside the rear end of the shaft (S). It is made of resin, and the metal screw (41 Gripping a golf club, characterized in that provided in the threaded portion (41c) freely threadedly removable and the thread groove (31).   An insertion groove (24) is formed between the cylindrical portion (22) of the end cap (2) and the cylindrical sleeve (3), and the rear end portion of the shaft (S) is inserted into the insertion groove (24). The golf club grip according to claim 1, wherein a cylindrical sleeve (3) is installed inside the rear end of the shaft (S).   The cylindrical sleeve (3) is inserted into the rear end of the shaft (S), and the outer surface of the cylindrical sleeve (3) is bonded to the inner surface of the rear end of the shaft (S), thereby rearward of the shaft (S). The golf club grip according to claim 2, wherein a cylindrical sleeve (3) is installed inside the end.

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