Golf club including handle means with tapered upper end of reduced diameter

Claim 1

A GOLF CLUB COMPRISING IN COMBINATION A CLUB HEAD, A SHAFT AND A GRIP MOUNTED ON SAID SHAFT; WHEREIN: SAID GRIP COMPRISES A FIRST GRIPPING PORTION FARTHEST FROM THE CLUB HEAD, ADAPTED TO BE GRASPED BY ONE OF A GOLFER''S HANDS, A SECOND GRIPPING PORTION ADAPTED TO BE GRASPED BY THE GOLFER''S OTHER HAND, AND A LONGITUDINAL INTERIOR CHANNEL RECEIVING SAID SHAFT; WHEREIN SAID FIRST GRIPPING PORTION COMPRISES A TAPERED SUB-PORTION HAVING A RELATIVELY ABRUPT INCREASE IN EXTERIOR PERIMETER FROM A MINIMUM, AT THE END OF SAID SUBPORTION COINCIDENT WITH THE END OF THE FIRST GRIPPING PORTION REMOTE FROM SAID CLUB HEAD, TO A MAXIMUM, INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID FIRST GRIPPING PORTION, THE LONGITUDINAL LENGTH OF SAID TAPERED SUB-PORTION BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF THE LITTLE FINGER AND A PORTION OF THE WIDTH OF THE RING FINGER OF THE HAND GRASPING SAID SUB-PORTION, AND THE MAXIMUM PERIMETER OF SAID FIRST GRIPPING PORTION BEING NO GREATER THAN THE MAXIMUM PERIMETER OF SAID SUBPORTION.