IP Library Granted Patent US 9,550,291
Granted Patent B2
US 9,550,291 · App. 14/887,815 · Granted Jan 24, 2017

Grip for generally rod shaped objects

Inventor: Aaron Techlin (Appleton, WI)
Assignee: O.D.G. HOLDINGS, LLC
B25G1/102A01K87/08A01K87/085B05C17/0205B25G3/00Y10T16/4713
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Patent No.
US 9,550,291
App. No.
14/887,815
Granted
Jan 24, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A detachable grip is provided with bracket system that can be removably attached to a desired location along the length of a fishing rod, and that has a removable grip which attaches to the bracket. More particularly, in one embodiment the bracket girdles the fishing rod using bolts to fasten a top half of the bracket to the bottom half of the bracket. In one or more embodiments, the grip attaches to the bracket and extends in a direction away from the bracket that is substantially in a direction perpendicular to the rod. In one embodiment, the grip is attached to the bracket by a bolt, and is adapted to allow the grip to be readily detached.

Claims (35)

1. A grip for a generally rod shaped object comprising:

a grip having a top and a bottom, the top of the grip adapted to receive a bolt;

the bolt having a first end and a second end;

a top half of a bracket having a substantially concave form defining a first interior area substantially in the shape of a half-cylinder;

a bottom half of a bracket having a substantially concave form defining a second interior area substantially in the shape of a half-cylinder;

wherein the top half and the bottom half are reversibly mated, a flat part of the first interior area junctioning with a flat part of the second interior area to form a single interior area substantially in the shape of a cylinder adapted to receive the object;

wherein the top of the grip is reversibly mated with the first end of the bolt and either the top half or the bottom half are reversibly mated with the second end of said bolt,

wherein the top half defines one or more individual through-holes and the bottom half defines one or more individual receptor holes, the one or more individual through-holes being aligned with the one or more individual receptor holes;

wherein the one or more receptor holes are adapted to receive one or more bolts having a head region and a threaded region;

wherein the to half and the bottom half are reversibly held in the mated position by the one or more individual bolts that pass through the one or more individual through-holes and the threaded region thereof substantially received b the one or more individual receptor holes; and

wherein the individual through-holes of the top half are low-relief, such that the head of the one or more bolts are below an upper surface of the top half when the top half and bottom half are mated by the one or more bolts.

2. The grip for a generally rod shaped object of claim 1 , further comprising a flexible material attached to the concave side of the top half and the bottom half.

3. The grip for as generally rod shaped object of claim 2 , further comprising a clasp enhancing material attached to the outer surface of the grip.

4. The grip for a generally rod shaped object of claim 3 , further comprising support beams attached to each of the top half, the bottom half, and the grip.

5. The grip for a generally rod shaped object of claim 4 , wherein the grip is substantially frustoconical in shape.

6. The grip for as generally rod shaped object of claim 5 , wherein the grip defines an interior hollow space.

7. The grip for a generally rod shaped object of claim 6 , wherein the top half, the bottom half, and the grip are plastic.

8. The grip for a generally rod shaped object of claim 7 , wherein the generally rod shaped object is a fishing rod and wherein the dimensions of the top half and bottom half are adapted to girdle the fishing rod.

9. The grip for a generally rod shaped object of claim 8 , wherein the grip is adapted to receive a heating element and power supply.

10. The grip for as generally rod shaped object of claim 8 , wherein the grip is adapted to receive a cooling element and power supply.

11. The grip for a generally rod shaped object of claim 8 , wherein the grip is adapted to receive a packet of chemicals for an exothermic reaction.

12. The grip for a generally rod shaped object of claim 8 , wherein the grip is adapted to receive a packet of chemicals for an endothermic reaction.

13. The grip for a generally rod shaped object of claim 1 , wherein the top half and bottom half are permanently mated and permanently affixed to a substantially rod shaped portion of the generally rod shaped object.

14. The grip for a generally rod shaped object of claim 13 , wherein the dimensions of the top half and bottom half are adapted to girdle the substantially rod-shaped portion of the object, and wherein the generally rod shaped object is selected from the group consisting of brooms, shovels, rakes, hoes, tampers, picks, axes, crowbars, prybars, tree pruners, fruit pickers, sidewalk scrapers, post-hole diggers, pole saws, sickles, grass hooks, pitch forks, garden tillers, ground aerators, and root irrigators.

15. The grip for a generally rod shaped object of claim 1 , wherein the generally rod shaped object is a barrel or forestock of a rifle, and wherein the dimensions of the top half and bottom half are adapted to girdling the barrel or forestock of the rifle.

16. The grip for a generally rod shaped object of claim 1 , wherein the generally rod shaped object is a paint roller extension pole, and wherein the dimensions of the top half and bottom half are adapted to girdle the paint roller extension pole.

17. The grip for a generally rod shaped object of claim 1 , wherein the handle can be removed manually by unscrewing the grip and bolt from the bottom half.

18. A grip for a generally rod shaped object comprising:

a grip having a top and a bottom, the top of the grip adapted to receive a bolt;

the bolt having a first end and a second end;

a top half of a bracket having a substantially concave form defining a first interior area substantially in the shape of a half-cylinder;

a bottom half of a bracket having a substantially concave form defining a second interior area substantially in the shape of a half-cylinder;

wherein the top half and the bottom half are reversibly mated, a flat pan of the first interior area junctioning, with a flat part of the second interior area to form a single interior area substantially in the shape of a cylinder adapted to receive the object;

wherein the top grip is reversibly mated with the first end of the bolt and either the top half or the bottom half are reversibly mated with the second end of said bolt; and

wherein the top half and bottom half are held together by an adhesive.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 7, 2016
From: TECHLIN, AARON
To: TECHGRIP, LLC
Reel/Frame 040843/0739 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Jul 8, 2016
From: TECHGRIP, LLC
To: O.D.G. HOLDINGS, LLC
Reel/Frame 039292/0479 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62072505 · Oct 30, 2014
Related Publication 20160121476A1 · May 5, 2016