Back in December I wrote a post about a scented grip designed by Scotty Cameron. That was a little hard to believe, but then yesterday another patent application published directed to adding scent to a golf grip. Why? Why I ask? Can’t golfers just enjoy the clean fresh natural scent of a golf course!

The patent application published as US Pub. No. 20090069108 titled “Golf Club Handle Cover” and describes the invention as:

The invention provides a cover structure for the handle of golf clubs, which has a body of highly hygroscopic substance disposed in its top part for the purpose of soaking in liquids of nice aroma as perfume, essence, green oil and the like. A covering devised on top of the body possesses an opening and a plurality of apertures around the opening where the liquids are to be poured in order to furnish the body with aroma. As a golf player swings the club, the aroma is exhaled from the body to greet the player's nose that offers the player a boost of vitality.

What! “The aroma is exhaled from the body to greet the player’s nose that offers the player a boost in vitality.” I don’t think I have ever had an aroma "greet" my nose, let alone one that boosts my vitality. Enjoy this description of the invention and appreciate the subtle, and not so subtle, issues that arise when translating documents between different languages.

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention

[0002] The present invention relates generally to a cover structure for the handle of golf clubs. More particularly, the present invention relates to a cover structure which is capable of providing a special aroma of perfume, essence or green oil that will refresh a golf player while the player is swinging a club.

[0003] 2. Description of the Prior Art

[0004] Playing golf becomes a social nowadays. As the golf started prevailing in the old days, it was almost a monopoly for the classes of the bourgeoisie and the aristocracy. The golf is quite a civilian sport now. The sport, usually played by a couple of friends during their leisure, facilitates in expanding an active social life and an interpersonal relationship, and is also deemed as a leisure activity that could relax one's mind and body.

[0005] In order to inspire the golf players in raising their vitality, the present inventor conceived the idea of setting up a device embedded in a cover of the handle of golf clubs, which features in exhaling aroma of perfume, essence or green oil that could keep up the play's spirits as he sniffs while he is swinging the club. Through total devotion to the research and design, the inventor gives birth to the present invention.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0006] The objective of the present invention is to provide a cover structure for the handle of golf clubs that features special aroma, which could inspire the golf players in raising their vitality once they are sniffing the aroma.

[0007] The present invention is to provide the cover structure for the handle of golf clubs, which includes a body of highly hygroscopic material on top of the handle that soaks in liquids of nice aroma: perfume, essence, green oil and the like. On top of the body, a covering is provided, which has an opening and a plurality of apertures that are placed around the opening, enabling the club user to pour the flavored liquids into the body to make the body to be flavored. As the club user swings the club, the aroma of the liquid diffuses from the body into greeting the club user's nose, which can inspire the club user in raising his vitality once he sniffs the aroma.

I just can't imagine that there is actually a market for these.

Dave Dawsey  - Keeping an Eye on Golf Grip Inventions

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