US Patent Issued to SSG International on Oct. 27 for "Golf putter grip" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,604, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SSG International LLC (Wixom, Mich.).

"Golf putter grip" was invented by David Vergara (White Lake, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved putter grip is provided. The putter grip includes an alignment strip oriented lengthwise on the front-facing surface of the putter grip, the alignment strip widening toward the lower end of the putter grip for placement of the golfer's thumbs. The putter grip includes a polygonal cross-sectional area that increases toward the upper end of the elongated handle, and the butt end is rearwardly offset relative to the longitudinal axis of a shaft openin...