The Future of Golf Grips? Survey Says, Not Likely
An interesting golf grip patent application recently published as US Pub. No. 20080127459 titled “Apparatus For Gripping An Instrument Having An Elongate Handle.” I wonder what the USGA would have to say about this grip. The application describes the invention as:
A device for gripping the handle of an instrument such as a golf club or a hammer. In a preferred embodiment the device is a grip having an elongate sleeve sized to cover at least a portion of the instrument handle. A plurality of loops are disposed longitudinally along the sleeve and adapted for the insertion of at least one digit. In an alternative embodiment the instrument handle may have a plurality of apertures formed in the instrument handle and adapted for the insertion of at least one digit.
Check out these drawings!
I can see its applicability to hammers much more than golf clubs.
Dave Dawsey – Keeping an Eye on Golf Grip Inventions
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