US Patent: 1,982,526
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| Golf Club
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Patentees:
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| Clifford Lussky (exact or similar names) - Louisville, KY |
| Mortimer W. Brumleve (exact or similar names) - Louisville, KY |
| Manufacturer: |
| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Aug. 01, 1932 |
| Granted: |
Nov. 27, 1934 |
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Joel Havens
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Description: |
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Our invention consists in new and useful improvements in golf clubs and relates more particularly to the handle or gripping member of the golf club shaft, having for its object to provide what might be termed a double grip consisting of a right and left hand gripping portion, each of which is shaped to accommodate the respective hand of the golfer in the proper gripping position only. That is, we have designed a handle which will automatically adjust itself and the hands of the golfer into the proper relative positions. As the result of the inherent tendency of the human body to seek co-ordination of the various members of the body so as to obtain a maximum of rhythm with a minimum of effort in the execution of a golf stroke, there has been a decided improvement in the manner in which the game of golf is played. This improvement has not alone been directed to the proper movement of the elements of the body but to the material and structure of the ball, the golf club head, the shaft and the grip. Although efforts have been made to devise golf club grips which will facilitate the proper handling of the club, little has actually been accomplished to assist the novice who is undertaking to learn the game of golf. We are familiar with a number of these former efforts which, for example, consist of grips which have been constructed with a series of grooves for the fingers of each hand and an indentation for the thumbs. Others have cut out portions of a normally round handle leaving angularly disposed grips for engagement by the hands, and still others have provided finger loops which are secured to the handles for receiving the fingers and thumbs of the player. However all of these devices have failed to definitely and accurately fix the grip of the golfer so as to insure the proper relative positions of the hands with respect to one another to bring the face of the club up to the ball at the proper angle to effect a straight and accurate drive to the point of destination. One reason for the failure of a number of these devices has been that they were designed at a time prior to the modern development of the manner in which the game is played. Our improved grip is so designed as to bring about in the very beginning a back-swing with a straight arm. By reason of the structure and shape of the gripping portions, the only comfortable positions .which the hands can assume is the proper position for the correct relative location and movement of the hands of the golfer. It is a generally accepted theory in golf that if the back-swing is correct, the stroke must necessarily finish properly. Consequently, we have designed a grip whereby the wrist automatically cocks itself, the thumbs and forefingers being so place as to get the maximum of power in the down-stroke. Once the down-stroke is in motion, the forward hand accommodates itself immediately, both at the point of contact and in the follow-through. The forefinger of the forward hand exerts a maximum of power when the club reaches the ball. In other words, the fundamental purpose of our invention is to produce a grip which will automatically cause the fingers, the thumbs, the wrists and the fore-arms to work in harmony and to cause the golfer to unmindfully grasp the club with the modern interlocking grip which is now generally accepted to be the proper method of holding a golf club.
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