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Granted Patent B2
US 8,317,662 · App. 12/651,731 · Granted Nov 27, 2012

Grip trainer

Assignee: MaxXcel Sports LLC
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Patent No.
US 8,317,662
App. No.
12/651,731
Granted
Nov 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A grip trainer includes a first chamber designed to engage a stick and a second chamber attached to the first chamber. The second chamber is configured to hold an insert. An insert disposed in the second chamber. The insert has a hardness no greater than 60 on the Shore 00 Durometer scale.

Claims (19)

1. A grip trainer for use with a stick, the grip trainer comprising:

a first piece of fabric having a first inner surface and a first outer surface, the first inner surface having a first part of a releasable coupling; and

a second piece of fabric having a second inner surface and a second outer surface, the second outer surface having a second part of the releasable coupling such that the first part of the releasable coupling is releasably joinable with the second part of the releasable coupling such that at least part of the first inner surface forms a first chamber, wherein the first piece of fabric and the second piece of fabric are joined at a first seam and a second seam such that at least part of the second inner surface forms a second chamber; and

a compressible material insert contained within the second chamber.

2. The grip trainer according to claim 1 , wherein the insert comprises a plurality of inserts having varying compression moduli.

3. The grip trainer according to claim 1 , wherein the compressible material insert has a plurality of compression moduli along its length.

4. The grip trainer according to claim 3 , wherein a first compression modulus is associated with a first length of the compressible material insert and wherein a second compression modulus is associated with a second length of the compressible material insert.

5. The grip trainer according to claim 1 , wherein the insert is removably contained within the first fabric material and the second fabric material.

6. The grip trainer according to claim 1 , wherein the second seam extends parallel to the first seam.

7. The grip trainer according to claim 1 , wherein the first chamber is generally cylindrical.

8. The grip trainer according to claim 1 , wherein, when the first part of the releasable coupling is releasably joined with the second part of the releasable coupling, the grip trainer comprises a first chamber and a second chamber.

9. A grip trainer for use with a stick, the grip trainer comprising:

a body constructed from two pieces of fabric material, the body including:

a first fabric material having a first connecting portion;

a second fabric material having a second connecting portion releasably connectable to the first connecting portion such that at least a first portion of the first fabric material forms a first chamber,

wherein the first fabric material and the second fabric material are sewn together along a first seam and a second seam, parallel to the first seam, such that a second portion of the first fabric material between the first seam and the second seam and a portion of the second fabric material form a second chamber; and

a compressible insert being inserted into the second chamber.

10. The grip trainer according to claim 9 , wherein the first chamber has a diameter and wherein the length of the first chamber is greater than the diameter.

11. The grip trainer according to claim 9 , wherein the chamber includes an open end.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2012
From: SIIPOLA, JEFFREY M
To: MAXXCEL SPORTS LLC
Reel/Frame 029155/0810 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2010
From: SIIPOLA, JEFFREY MICHAEL
To: MAXXCEL SPORTS LLC
Reel/Frame 023729/0247 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61142457 · Jan 5, 2009
Related Publication 20100173751A1 · Jul 8, 2010