A flexible grip for implements to be manually swung with speed and force, particularly golf clubs is disclosed. The grip is formed of elastomeric material die cut into patterns from uncured sheet stock. Discrete non-woven fibers of material having desired moisture absorbency are dispensed in random orientation onto the uncured sheet stock and embedded by rolling into the sheet stock. The pattern sheet stock, with embedded fibers is wrapped onto a mandrel which is inserted into a pre-mold, compressed thereon, removed and transferred to a compression mold, and cured. The mandrel is removed from the mold and the cured grip removed from the mandrel and installed onto the implement grip.

Embodiments of adjustable length golf clubs and methods of manufacturing adjustable length golf clubs are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

Embodiments of adjustable length golf clubs and methods of manufacturing adjustable length golf clubs are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.

A putter with a bi-material shaft is disclosed herein. The golf ball may multiple layers. The putter comprises a putter head, the bi-material shaft, a mass member and a grip. The bi-material shaft comprises a body with a tip end and a butt end. The body comprises a metal section extending from the tip end to a connection point, and a composite section extending from the butt end to the connection point. The mass member is positioned within an opening at the butt end of the shaft. Mass from the shaft is transferred to the club head and the mass member in the butt end of the shaft.

A putter with a bi-material shaft is disclosed herein. The golf ball may multiple layers. The putter comprises a putter head, the bi-material shaft, a mass member and a grip. The bi-material shaft comprises a body with a tip end and a butt end. The body comprises a metal section extending from the tip end to a connection point, and a composite section extending from the butt end to the connection point. The mass member is positioned within an opening at the butt end of the shaft. Mass from the shaft is transferred to the club head and the mass member in the butt end of the shaft.

An active footwear suspension system is disclosed. The footwear system provides dynamic suspension using at least one or more variable resistance beams. At least one or more VRB from an anchor plate positioned forward of and/or aft of an arch section of the footwear, thus providing selectable suspension to the wearer. The selected rotation of the VRBs from a first position to a second position provides customized suspension between a minimum resistance to a maximum resistance per zone.

The invention provides a gadget type breakable golf club for enjoyment and entertainment purposes as a joke, gag, prank, and which is reusable, and which is reusable. The club appears substantially similar to a typical, conventional golf club. The club has a three conventional aspects, namely a distal club head, a medial shaft connected to the club head, and a grip. The shaft is constructed and arranged in three sub portions, a reusable upper shaft member, a reusable lower shaft member, and a breakable and replaceable connector. The connector is designed to break when a predetermined force is applied to it by virtue of the club being swung downwardly and upon the club head striking a ball or the ground, or the shaft is impacted by the user. After each use, the broken connector is discarded and replaced with a new breakable connector, and the club may be reused with a new unsuspecting golfer.

The invention provides a gadget type breakable golf club for enjoyment and entertainment purposes as a joke, gag, prank, and which is reusable, and which is reusable. The club appears substantially similar to a typical, conventional golf club. The club has a three conventional aspects, namely a distal club head, a medial shaft connected to the club head, and a grip. The shaft is constructed and arranged in three sub portions, a reusable upper shaft member, a reusable lower shaft member, and a breakable and replaceable connector. The connector is designed to break when a predetermined force is applied to it by virtue of the club being swung downwardly and upon the club head striking a ball or the ground, or the shaft is impacted by the user. After each use, the broken connector is discarded and replaced with a new breakable connector, and the club may be reused with a new unsuspecting golfer.

A sports article comprising an elongate tubular shaft comprised of a fiber-reinforced resin matrix composite material, wherein the elongate tubular shaft has a longitudinal direction and the shaft is multilaminar and includes at least two fibrous layers, each of which is helically wrapped about a wrapping direction extending along the longitudinal direction to form the elongate tubular shaft, wherein each fibrous layer comprises a plurality of oriented structural fibers which are substantially aligned along the longitudinal direction so as to be oriented within +/10 of the longitudinal direction, the oriented structural fibers having a length, along the longitudinal direction, of less than the length of the elongate tubular shaft to form discontinuous structural fibers serially oriented along the elongate tubular shaft. Also disclosed is a method to produce such a multilaminar elongate tubular shaft.

A golf club and/or shaft with improved weighting characteristic is disclosed. More specifically, the present invention discloses to a golf club and/or shaft wherein the improved weighting distribution stems from an increase in the mass of the golf club and/or shaft at a specific distance away from the butt end or proximal end of the golf club to help increase the feel and minimize the dispersion of the golf shot by fine tuning the pull and or draw tendencies of a golf shot.