US Patent Issued to Caddy Wrap on Oct. 7 for "Athletic equipment shaft protective heat-shrink sheath" (Kansas, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,120, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Caddy Wrap LLC (Prairie Village, Kan.).

"Athletic equipment shaft protective heat-shrink sheath" was invented by Adam Benton (Prairie Village, Kan.), Bradley Benton (Springfield, Mo.) and Cory Fisher (Mission Hills, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sheath for protecting an athletic equipment shaft is formed from a heat shrink material. The sheath is contemplated as capable of having a directional shrink in the transverse direction greater than 50% allowing the sheath to pass over additional components on the shaft, such as a golf club grip, while still being able to constrict down to effecti...