US2867814A

US2867814A - Golfing hand grip

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Publication number: US2867814A
Application number: US607797A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jr John H Miles
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1956-09-04
Filing date: 1956-09-04
Publication date: 1959-01-13
Anticipated expiration: 1976-01-13

Description

Jan. 13, 1959 J. H. MILES, JR

GOLFING HAND GRIP Filed Sept. 4, 1956 IN VEN TOR. JOHN H. MILES ,J R.

/ ATTORNEY 2,867,814 GOLFING HAND GRIP John H. Miles, Jr., Ravenn'a, Ohio Application September 4, 1956, Serial No. 607,797 4 Claims. (Cl. 2-20 This invention relates to a golfing hand grip.

In playing golf many players find it highly desirable to wear a hand grip to provide a surer grasp of the club, as well as to avoid the formation of blisters and calluses on the hand. While various golfing hand grips and golfing gloves have been proposed heretofore, they have not proved entirely satisfactory, either because they so cover the hand as to tend to dull the golfers sense of touch or because they are inconvenient to wear or to put on and take off as well as being too-hot for comfort.

The present invention is directed to a novel golfing hand grip which avoids the disadvantages associated with the previously proposed articles of this general type.

Accordingly, it is in object of this invention to provide a novel and improved golfing hand grip.

It is also an object of this invention to provide a novel golfing hand grip adapted to fit various sized hands.

Another object of this invention is to provide'a novel golfing hand grip of simplified and economical construction which is convenient to wear and to put on and take off.

Another object of the invention is to provide a grip which is of such a character that the use of the same causes the user to take a more correct grip on the club.

Other and further objects and advantages of the present invention will be, apparent from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof, which is illustrated in the accompanying drawing.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a top view of the present golfing hand p;

Figure 2 shows the back of a hand with grip in place thereon; and

Figure 3 shows the front of the same hand with the grip in place.

Referring to the drawing, the present hand grip is of flexible material, preferably soft leather or the like, and is of one piece construction. It will be appreciated that it can be made in more than one piece if desired. It includes a back segment having a loop 10 dimensioned to receive one or more fingers of the hand. As illustrated,

the loop receives the index finger and second finger of the However, some users, particularly those with hand. large hands, may prefer to insert only the index finger into the loop, the loop being large enough to take the largest finger. Furthermore, the user may prefer to insert one or more of the fingers other than the index finger into the loop 10.

The loop 10 has an inner portion 10:: which, as illustrated, extends across the front of the index finger and second finger and thence back between the second and third fingers and across the back of the hand. The loop 10 also has an outer portion 10b which, as illustrated, extends across the back of the index and second fingers and overlies the inner portion 10a across the remainder of the back of the hand.

At the ulnar side 11a of the hand the inner and outer portions 10a and 10b of the loop 10 are stitched together '2 v at 12. Here the back segment of the hand grip is joined to a front segment 13, which is shaped and dimensioned palm of the hand, as best seen in Fig. 3.v I

At the-radial side llb of the hand the'front segment 13 extends around the palm and inside. the thumb to the backside of the hand. Here it is joined to aterminal segment 14 which carries a snap fastener, socket 15 to be snapped onto one of the complementary snap fastener elements 16 on the outer portion 10b of loop 10, depending on the size of the users hand and theimanner in which he wears the grip;

It will be apparent that the illustrated grip may be put on or taken off quite readily. When worn, it does not bind the hand and therefore does not tend to dull the golfers sense of touch. The loop 10, which is large enough to accommodate several fingers of the hand, if desired, and which is adapted to be worn on any desired finger or fingers, enables the present grip to fitany hand, especially since the snap fastener arrangement provides a selective size adjustment.

If desired, the terminal portion 14 and

snap fastener arrangement

15, 16 might be omitted from the hand grip, leaving the palm engaging front portion 13 of the grip free at the radial side of the hand. In such an alternative embodiment of the present hand grip the natural tendency would be to let the front portion 13 drop out of the hand after each shot. Therefore, the player would have to adjust the grip in place before making each shot and would thereby be made more conscious of the manner in which he is holding the club. For beginning golfers this might be desirable, whereas more expert golfers would not need this reminder and for this reason might prefer to have the grip fastened in place, as illustrated.

It will be appreciated that the gripping surface 13 may have a coating of some material such as rubber which facilitates the engagement with the club handle. In some instances the auxiliary gripping material may be rubber stitching or cords fastened to the club gripping surface.

It is to be understood that, while there have been described herein certain preferred embodiments of the present invention, various modifications, omissions and refinements which depart from the disclosed embodiment may be adopted without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention.

I claim:

1. A golfing hand grip of flexible material comprising a narrow elongated back segment which has a radial end and an ulnar end, said back segment having a fingerreceiving loop formed by inner and outer portions for engagement respectivelywith the front and back of a finger on the hand of a wearer, said inner and outer portions being joined to provide a bight at the radial end of said back segment for engagement with the radial side of a finger of the hand of a wearer which is received in said loop, said back segment being shaped and dimensioned to extend across the back of the hand away from said bight to the ulnar side of the hand, and a front segment which is substantially wider than said back segment and connected to the ulnar end of said back segment and shaped and dimensioned to extend across the palm of the hand from the ulnar side to the radial side of the hand.

2. The golfing hand grip of claim 1, wherein said front segment is shaped and dimensioned to extend around the radial side of the hand inside the thumb to the back of the hand, and wherein there is a terminal segment connected to said front segment and having provision for manually releasable attachment to said back segment at Patented. Jan. 13, 1959 the back of the'hand between-said bight and the ulnar V Whand, r,

end of the back segment. 7. v

3. A golfing hand grip of flexible material comprising a back segment which has a radial end and an ulnar end, said back segment having a finger-rec'eik in'g 1ooi)"'formed by inner and outer'fportions for engagern'ent resiaectiyelyi with the front and back of a finger on thehand of a" wearer, said inner'and outer portions 'offlthe loop being joined to provide a Bight at the 'radial'endbf said back segment for'eng'agement with the radial sideof sid'fi'ng nQ. said'back segment being shaped anddimensioned to extend across the b'aclc'of thehand away'from said bigh't to" the ulnar ,side of "the hand,'and a front segment con -i: nected to the ulnar end of said back segmenta'nd shap d and dimensioned to extend therefrom across 'the palm".

of the hand from-the ulnar side to the radial side of the 4. The golfing hand grip of claim 1, wherein said front segment adjacent its connection to said back segment has a portion of maximum width for engagement with from said maximum width pottion toward the radial side of the wearers hand References Qitedi n the file of this patent i I V UNITED S'I ATES PATENTS 2,277,893

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