US Patent 7128656 Golf club gripping device

A device for gripping a shaft of a golf club or the like has a main support surface in the form of a thin walled member that extends in a crown between opposite one and another sides thereof and that defines a passage extending in a first direction for receiving the back side of a users hand therein. A tubular member receives the shaft, has opposite one and another ends and is integrally formed with the thin walled member by means of one connection with one side of the thin walled member and another connection with another side of the thin walled member. The tubular member extends along a longitudinal axis that is angular to the aforementioned first direction.