Hand grip for transmitting stress through a hand strap to a wrist strap

A hand grip for transmitting tensile stress through a hand strap from an object being gripped to the wrist of a wearer without stressing the hand of the wearer, comprising:

• a wrist strap configured to be releasably secured around the wrist of the wearer;
• a hand strap secured to said wrist strap and having an inner portion and a flexible outer portion, wherein a free end of the outer portion is extendable over the object, with the object between the hand strap and the fingers and palm of the wearer, and then under at least the fingers and palm of the wearer, with the free end between the object and the palm, for transmitting stress between the object and the wrist of the wearer, without stressing the hand of the wearer;
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• a firm elongated block secured to and upstanding from said hand strap outer portion and extending across said outer portion configured for engagement under the fingers of the wearer to maintain said outer portion in position for transmitting stress;
• said block being disposed partway along the hand strap, at a distal end of the inner portion thereof, such that a distal segment of the flexible outer portion of the wrist hand strap extends beyond the block and is configured to extend between the object and lower portions of the fingers of the wearer;
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• said block having a flat front surface that extends normal to said hand strap inner portion and a flat outer surface forming an edge with said front surface, said edge extending across said outer portion configured for engagement under at least one finger of the wearer, and with at least one phalanx of said at least one finger being bendable over said edge to grasp said block to prevent release of said outer portion and said hand strap from stress transmitting position.

A hand grip for transmitting tensile stress through a hand strap from an object being gripped to the wrist of a wearer without stressing the hand of the wearer, comprising:

• a wrist strap configured to be releasably secured around the wrist of the wearer;
• a hand strap secured to said wrist strap and having a flexible outer portion with a free end that is extendable over the object, with the object between the hand strap and the fingers and palm of the wearer, and then under at least the fingers and palm of the wearer, with the free end between the object and the palm, for transmitting stress between the object and the wrist of the wearer, without stressing the hand of the wearer, wherein the outer portion includes first and second opposed surfaces, the first surface configured to face toward the object and the second surface configured to face away from the object when the outer portion is extended over the object with the object between the hand strap and the fingers and palm of the wearer;
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• a firm elongated block secured to and upstanding from the second, away-facing surface of said hand strap outer portion and extending across said outer portion configured for engagement under the fingers of the wearer to maintain said outer portion in position for transmitting stress;
• said block having a flat front surface and a flat outer surface forming an edge with said front surface, said edge extending across said outer portion configured for engagement under at least one finger of the wearer, and with at least one phalanx of said at least one finger being bendable over said edge to grasp said block to prevent release of said outer portion and said hand strap from stress transmitting position.