Golf club grip attachment

Claim 1

In combination a golf club having a hand grip portion on the upper end of the shaft of the club and a head portion on its opposite end and a non-wrapped, exposed grip attachment secured thereto, said grip attachment comprising an elongate body attached to the surface of the grip portion and extending longitudinally therealong, said body being in the form of an isosceles trapezoid in plan and symmetrical on its opposite longitudinally extending sides and having a flat front surface extending along the length of body said, alignment means formed on said body to accommodate the placement of both hands of the player thereon comprising side walls formed on the longitudinally extending sides of said body, rounded corner portions connecting between the adjoining edges of said side walls and said flat front surface, a bottom end wall defining the lowermost transverse edge of said body and which is spaced upwardly on said grip portion from the lower end thereof, said flat front surface of said body being disposed at an angle of approximately 95° with respect to the leading edge of the head of the club, whereby said alignment means is gripped by both hands of the player such that the side walls and corner portions of the body are oriented in preselected position with respect to the fingers of the player's hand and the thumb of the lower hand is disposed over the bottom wall of said body in predetermined position thereon, said grip being thus effective to regulate the orbit of swing of the hands of the player as he swings the golf club and the consequent direction of flight and distance traveled by the golf ball upon being struck by the golf club.