ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,737, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SSG International LLC (Wixom, Mich.).

"Interchangeable golf club grip with shaft attachment system" was invented by John J. Biafore Jr. (Grand Blanc, Mich.), David Vergara (White Lake, Mich.) and Dean Dingman (Brighton, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A golf club grip may include a docking tube and an elongated handle. The docking tube may be configured to couple to a golf club shaft and may include a docking tube sidewall. The elongated handle may be detachably couplable to the docking tube. The elongated handle may include an elongated handle sidewall defining an axial opening configured...