U.S. patent application number 11/933896 was filed with the patent office on 2009-05-07 for spiral wound type grip tape.
Invention is credited to Chi-Feng Hung.
Application Number | 20090114756 11/933896 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 40587133 |
Filed Date | 2009-05-07 |
United States Patent
Application |
20090114756 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Hung; Chi-Feng |
May 7, 2009 |
Spiral Wound Type Grip Tape
Abstract
A spiral wound type grip tape is provided. The spiral wound type
grip tape includes an elastic strip and at least one flexible
thread. The flexible thread is disposed in the elastic strip, such
that the grip tape can be spirally wound on the surface of a grip.
The spiral wound type grip tape can be easily installed on a grip,
and can be applied to the grips of the golf clubs, baseball bats,
or tennis rackets of sports equipment.
Inventors: |
Hung; Chi-Feng; (Kaohsiung
County, TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
MORRIS MANNING MARTIN LLP
3343 PEACHTREE ROAD, NE, 1600 ATLANTA FINANCIAL CENTER
ATLANTA
GA
30326
US
|
Family ID: |
40587133 |
Appl. No.: |
11/933896 |
Filed: |
November 1, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
242/532 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 60/00 20151001;
A63B 60/10 20151001; A63B 53/14 20130101; A63B 49/08 20130101; A63B
60/06 20151001; A63B 60/08 20151001; A63B 60/14 20151001; A63B
2209/00 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
242/532 |
International
Class: |
B65H 18/00 20060101
B65H018/00 |
Claims
1. A spiral wound type grip tape being applied to be wound around
at least one partial surface of a grip, comprising: an elastic
strip, having a first end portion and a second end portion; and at
least one flexible thread, disposed in the elastic strip.
2. The spiral wound type grip tape as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the flexible thread is made of a metal.
3. The spiral wound type grip tape as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the flexible thread is made of an aluminium alloy.
4. The spiral wound type grip tape as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the flexible thread is a cylindrical thread.
5. The spiral wound type grip tape as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the flexible thread is a thin foil thread.
6. The spiral wound type grip tape as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the elastic strip is made of a rubber material.
7. The spiral wound type grip tape as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the elastic strip is made of a plastic material.
8. The spiral wound type grip tape as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the first end portion or the second end portion of the elastic
strip is a hollow cylindrical sleeve.
9. The spiral wound type grip tape as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the first end portion or the second end portion of the elastic
strip is a bevel edge.
10. The spiral wound type grip tape as claimed in claim 1, wherein
a thickness of the elastic strip is gradually reduced from the
first end portion toward the second end portion.
11. The spiral wound type grip tape as claimed in claim 1, wherein
a thickness of the elastic strip is gradually reduced from a middle
portion of the elastic strip toward the first and second end
portions.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a spiral wound type grip
tape, especially for a spiral wound type grip tape having a
flexible metal thread but without adhesive resins.
[0003] 2. Related Art
[0004] Due to the system of five-day working week with two rest
days, leisure activities become more popular for most people, and
the leisure activities are more diversification than ever before.
And there are more and more people participating sports activities,
such as golf, baseball, tennis, and so on; therefore, the quality
requirements for sports equipment, such as golf clubs, baseball
bats, or tennis rackets, are also increased.
[0005] However, the sports equipment of golf clubs, baseball bats,
and tennis rackets are manipulated by hand; therefore, the quality
of the grip of those sports equipment is a key point for the users,
so that how to let users feel comfortable to use and manipulate
becomes an important topic.
[0006] In prior arts, an adhesive resin is coated on the back
surfaces of conventional grip tapes. If the conventional grip tape
is not successfully wound on the grip of sports equipment, the
conventional grip tapes must be taken off and scrapped, and the
user has to buy new grip tapes to rewind again; however, normal
users are not familiar with the winding skills, so that they will
fail again and again so as to waste time and money. Therefore, the
conventional grip tapes are usually wound by hiring an expert.
However, by hiring an expert, an additional cost will be incurred.
In addition, because the grip tape is a consumptive product, it
will wear out and has to be replaced often. If every times a user
has to rely on an expert to wind the grip tape, the user will feel
very inconvenient if the user has unexpectedly to replace the grip
tapes in the ball field. Moreover, the conventional grip tape is
wound and mounted on a grip by adhesive resin. The adhesive resin
will be accelerately aged and inferior by sweat in hand and dust in
the environment, so that the replace frequency of the grip tape
will become more often, which will not only greatly bother the user
but certainly bring inconvenient for the user. In addition, a
rubber grip sleeve is adopted by another conventional grip tape
design, that is, a rubber sleeve is used to cover on the grip of
sports equipment. However, because there are wide variety of the
grips in specifications and patterns, manufacturers must produce
various grip sleeves according to the specifications and the
patterns of the sports equipment. Therefore, many production lines
have to setup for producing small quantity of the grip sleeves or
the production lines have to change over frequently for each
specification or pattern, so that economic benefit can not be met.
Also, users have to buy the grip sleeves according to the
specifications and the patterns of their sports equipment, which
will really bother the users in purchasing or using.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] In view of the above problems, an object of the present
invention is to provide a spiral wound type grip tape, so that the
users can easily wind the grip tape on the grip of the sports
equipment of golf clubs, baseball bats, or tennis rackets by
themselves. In addition, no adhesive resin is used in the spiral
wound type grip tape of the present invention, so that the aging or
inferior problem of the adhesive resin can be eliminated and the
life time of the grip tape can be increased. Moreover, there is no
rubber sleeve involved in the spiral wound type grip tape of the
present invention and the spiral wound type grip tape can be
applied to the grips of any sports equipment with different
specifications so as to facilitate users to purchase, and the
production lines can be simplified and the production cost can also
be reduced for manufacturers.
[0008] To achieve the object, the present invention provides a
spiral wound type grip tape, which includes an elastic strip and a
flexible thread disposed in the elastic strip. The spiral wound
type grip tape of the present invention can be applied to any
sports equipment such as golf clubs, baseball bats, or tennis
rackets. If fails to wind the spiral wound type grip tape on the
grip of sports equipment properly, the user can unwind the grip
tape in a counter-direction to loose the grip tape. Then, the user
can spirally rewind the grip tape again and make a detail
adjustment in the winding position. The spiral wound type grip tape
of the present invention can be made of rubber materials to form an
elastic strip, such that the hardness and softness, shape and
texture, or color of the grip tape can be adjusted according to
differences in use of golf clubs, baseball bats, or tennis
rackets.
[0009] The spiral wound type grip tape of the present invention can
have effects of easy installation, low price, comfortable use, long
using life, easy selection and purchase, and so on.
[0010] Further scope of applicability of the present invention will
become apparent from the detailed description given hereinafter.
However, it should be understood that the detailed description and
specific examples, while indicating preferred embodiments of the
invention, are given by way of illustration only, since various
changes and modifications within the spirit and scope of the
invention will become apparent to those skilled in the art from
this detailed description.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0011] The present invention will become more fully understood from
the detailed description given herein below for illustration only,
and which thus is not limitative of the present invention, and
wherein:
[0012] FIG. 1 is a structure schematic diagram of a spiral wound
type grip tape according to one embodiment of the present
invention;
[0013] FIG. 2A is a schematic diagram of the final product of the
spiral wound type grip tape according to one embodiment of the
present invention;
[0014] FIG. 2B is an installation schematic diagram of the spiral
wound type grip tape according to one embodiment of the present
invention;
[0015] FIG. 3A is a schematic diagram of the spiral wound type grip
tape with multiple flexible threads according to one embodiment of
the present invention;
[0016] FIG. 3B is a schematic diagram of the spiral wound type grip
tape with thin foil threads according to one embodiment of the
present invention;
[0017] FIG. 4 is a structure schematic diagram of the spiral wound
type grip tape having a hollow cylindrical sleeve in its both ends
according to one embodiment of the present invention;
[0018] FIG. 5 is an installation schematic diagram of the spiral
wound type grip tape having a hollow cylindrical sleeve in its both
ends according to one embodiment of the present invention;
[0019] FIG. 6 is a structure schematic diagram of the spiral wound
type grip tape having a bevel edge in its both ends according to
one embodiment of the present invention; and
[0020] FIG. 7 is an installation schematic diagram of the spiral
wound type grip tape having a bevel edge in its both ends according
to one embodiment of the present invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
[0021] The features and practice of the present invention will be
illustrated below in detail through preferred embodiments with
reference to the accompanying drawings.
[0022] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2A, it is a spiral wound type grip
tape 10. The grip tape 10 comprises an elastic strip 11 and a
flexible thread 12. The material of the elastic strip 11 is a
rubber material; therefore, the hardness and softness of the
elastic strip 11 can be adjusted according to the differences of
the sports equipment. Wherein, the elastic strip 11 can also be
made of a plastic material. The inner surface 112 of the elastic
strip 11 are formed with textures, such that the friction between
the inner surface 112 of the elastic strip 11 and the grip surface
of the sports equipment can be increased so as to make the grip
tape 10 firmly attach to the grip of the sports equipment. In
addition, the shapes and textures of the outer surface 111 of the
elastic strip 11 can be adjusted according to the sports equipment.
The first end portion 113 of the elastic strip 11 has a hollow
cylindrical sleeve, which is used to sleeve into one end of the
grip of sports equipment. The thickness of the elastic strip 11 is
gradually reduced from the first end portion 113 toward a second
end portion 114 of the elastic strip 11, and the second end portion
114 is a bevel edge. In addition, the flexible thread 12 is made of
a metal and preferably made of an aluminium alloy to be a
cylindrical thread, which is disposed in the elastic stripe 11. As
shown in FIG. 2B, the spiral wound type grip tape 10 is spirally
wound on a grip 20 of sports equipment.
[0023] Please refer to FIG. 3A, the spiral wound type grip tape 10'
of the present invention can be a grip tap comprising an elastic
strip 11' and at least one flexible thread 12', wherein the
plurality of flexible threads 12' are parallel to each other.
[0024] Please refer to FIG. 3B, the spiral wound type grip tape
10'' of the present invention can be a grip tap comprising an
elastic strip 11'' and a flexible thread 12'', wherein the flexible
thread 12'' is a thin foil thread.
[0025] Referring to FIG. 4, the spiral wound type grip tape 30 of
the present invention can be a grip tap comprising an elastic strip
31 and a flexible thread 32, wherein a first end portion 311 and a
second end portion 312 of the elastic strip 31 are a hollow
cylindrical sleeve, respectively. As shown in FIG. 5, the spiral
wound type grip tape 30 of the present invention is spirally wound
on a grip 40 of the sports equipment, in which the first end
portion 311 and the second end portion 312 of the spiral wound type
grip tape 30 are respectively sleeved into two ends of the grip 40
of the sports equipment.
[0026] Referring to FIG. 6, the spiral wound type grip tape 50 of
the present invention can be a grip tap comprising an elastic strip
51 and a flexible thread 52, wherein a first end portion 511 and a
second end portion 512 of the elastic strip 51 are a bevel edge,
respectively. In addition, the thickness of the elastic strip 51 is
gradually reduced from the middle portion toward the first and
second end portions 511, 512 of the elastic strip 51. As shown in
FIG. 7, the spiral wound type grip tape 50 is spirally wound on a
grip 60 of the sports equipment from the middle portion of the grip
60 toward two ends of the grip 60 of the sports equipment.
[0027] The invention being thus described, it will be obvious that
the same may be varied in many ways. Such variations are not to be
regarded as a departure from the spirit and scope of the invention,
and all such modifications as would be obvious to one skilled in
the art are intended to be included within the scope of the
following claims.
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