US1919221A - Multiple grip handle - Google Patents

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July 25, 1933. H. s. JANES MULTIPLE GRIP HANDLE f/VVNTOA Herr 5. James Filed Oct. 15, 1931 15 etc, are encountered by amateur players, for afclub;

free swing of the arms, All teachers en and side by side. The players hands are In the multiple grip which I have destance, the wood shaft may be split or slot 8 '40 To provide such a multiple grip in which 4, and the grip .or handles covered with 00 i Y 45 additional grip for use on standard clubs to in this position by the winding, such as 10.

Patented July 25, 1933 I 1,919,22

TST A Application filed october 15, 9 Saar im jseaei z g," l My lnvention relates 1n general to a mulspecificembodiments shown wlthout departtiple grip, and more specificallyto agmullng'fromftlre spirit of'myinvention. 5

, tiple grip handle for ajgolf club brother "In thefacco npanying drawingz like devices. For ease of illustration Ihave Fig; =1- s a fu chosen to show my improved multiple grip vided wi'th'multiple grips-in accordance' with in connection ith a golf club. to whieh itis my invent1on,1a nd showing "the players especially adapted. The handle or grip of hands in the position they may occupy on my improved design permits a player 'to the 'gri'psf s i V I grasp. a club with both hands in a natural ,FigsuEZ, 3, and ashew successive stagesin manner and to swing the same accurately the forming of -a niultiplegrip-ona wooden 60 and with an ease hithertoimpossible with shaft, l 1- the standard type of club handle. 'Figs 5' and 6 show stages in" the construc- As is well known to golf players, many tion-of a multiple'grip on a's'teel shaft;

difliculties, such as slicing,toppingtthe ball, Fig. 7 shows a "multiple' grip attachment due to the distorted position of theplay'efl's Fig. 8 'shows?thefclamping element for arms and shoulders o'ccasionedby the necesnip'lngflm f- Fig- 7% "a S f sity of grasping the single shaft'of the club Fig. 9fish iws t 1e devi g'S- 1 1 with both hands, It is apparent that with h d o l f haf fi I the present clubs, one hand must be above -Referri'ng fo -Fig: 1,'I" haveyendeavored T the other on the shaft of the club, and, o illustrate the principle of the invention therefore, one shouldernaturally assumes a pph d t0 t o.d VB 01'' Wood Shaft golf position above the other. This grip also club. At 1 and 2 are shoWIl e, W mfll cramps the wristsqand interferes with the t ple g ips arranged parallel to each other.

deavor to teach an overlapping or interlockshown grasping the, two grips. The shaft ing grip in order to compensate for this 3 attached to the customary head14:.may unnatural position of the hands on the club be divided in any desired mannerpsuch as handle. illustrated in Figs. "2, 3, and 4. For ink I signed each hand assumes a natural posi ted as shown in Fig. 2,"and the tWo fseo-. tion on a separate grip, the arms and shoultions 5 and 6 bentoutward, as-shown. I An ders are in like positions, and a free swing insert? may be placed in the crotchfof the ofthe arms is permitted to aid in case and split portion. and half-round inserts such accuracy of swing. as 8 and 9 zmay be applied to: the two 8 Among the objects of my invention are: branches 5' and 6 tocomplete the rounded to provide a multiple grip for use with a grips, asshown in Fig.8. The complete" golf club, cricket bat, or other like device assembly may then be glued in place and having a separate handle for each hand; wound with strongtwine, as shown in Fig.

the grips or handles lie parallel to each other leather or Chamois as is customary wvith or approximately parallel so that both hands golf club handles. The. parts 5 and '6 are assume like positions; [bent back into parallel positions over. the To provide an attachment consisting of an shoulder 7, as shown in Fig. 3, and held provide a multiple grip; and to provide A multiple grip maybe found on a steel other features of improvement which will shaft club, as shown i Figs. 5 and 6, in be further elaborated upon in the following a. somewhat similar manner by splitting the detailed description. It will be understood steel shaft 11 of the club, as shown in Fig.

that certain changes may be made in the 5, and insertlng an element such asl2 to sists of the extra grip 16 wound to the closed, the

form the completely rounded multiple grips. The element 12 may be formed in any de sired manner, and maybe either welded to part 11 or riveted thereto. In either the club farther down at a while the player with slender hands may grasp the club at b. The two ends of the multiple grip may be held together by an element, such as 13, which may be inserted into the ends of each grip l4 and 15 to hold them rigid. In Fig. 7 I have shownj-an' attachmentin the form of an extra grip which may be secured to any-club, as shown in .Fig. being clamped to the shaft thereof. It con- P per size, a curved portion 17, and. another part 18 of the clamp having holes 19 registering with the holes in part 17 through which rivets or bolts and nuts may be inserted to clamp the grip to the club. 7

With two grips side by side as herein displayer may grasp the club with both hands in like position without changing thenatural position of his shoulders, the hands will be close together, and yet each have a natural grip on the club. The shoulders will both have a like elevation and the stance or position taken by the player when addressing the golf ball will be the details shown without departing from the spirit of my invention. I

Having fully described and ascertained the features and aspects of lny invention,

what I consider to. be new and desire to have'protected by Letters Patent will be pointed out in the appended claims. WVhat'is claimedis:

.end into two parts, each part-bent outward at like angles to the shaft and then back into substantially. parallel relation to each other, inserts added to each part and wrappings around eachpart to form grips- 3. In a golf club, a shaft split into two sections bent outward and back together to: form multiple handles parallel to each other,

and means for holding the two handles in spaced relation and for preventingfurther splitting of'the shaft.

HARRY s; JANES.

1 so 1. A golf club having a shaft split-at

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