Patent No.: 10,077,967 (get PDF)

Title: Tactile biofeedback reference attachment

Assignee: Johnson; Lanny L.

Abstract: A tactile reference attachment for releasable attachment to a sports equipment handle to provides a user with tactile biofeedback. includes a tactile reference feature that extends longitudinally along an exterior body surface and is formed with dimensions specifically tailored to harness the user’s natural attributes of sensibility, proprioception, and neuromuscular memory to improve a user’s accuracy. The tactile reference attachment includes a flexible primary substrate having a plurality of attachment perimeter edges, an exterior surface, an interior surface having an adhesive, a thickness of no more than 4 mm, and at least a first tactile reference indentation having a plurality of perimeter edges, an indentation width of at least 2.0 millimeters and no greater than 5.0 millimeters, an indentation depth of at least 0.5 millimeters and no greater than the indentation width, and an indentation length that is at least five times the indentation width.

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