# US 10,946,234 B2 · Hand grip for transmitting stress through a hand strap to a wrist strap > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,946,234 B2 - Document ID: US10946234B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/163,213 - Filed: 2018-10-17 - Published: 2020-04-23 - Granted: 2021-03-16 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-17 - Applicants: Dimitry Starominsky - Inventors: Dimitry Starominsky - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10946234B2 ## CPC - A63B 21/4021: {to the wrist} - A41D 19/01547: {with grip improving means} - A63B 71/00: Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00 (starting appliances A63K3/02) - A63B 21/06: User-manipulated weights - A63B 21/0724: {Bar-bells; Hand bars} - A63B 21/4019: {to the hand} - A63B 2209/10: with adhesive type surfaces, i.e. hook and loop-type fastener - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) - A41D: OUTERWEAR; PROTECTIVE GARMENTS; ACCESSORIES ## Abstract A hand grip for transmitting tensile stress through a hand strap from an object, such as the bar of a barbell, being gripped to the wrist of the wearer without stressing the hand of the wearer, and extending around the bar of the barbell between the bar and the palm of the wearer. A block of relatively firm material is secured to and projects from the hand grip in a position to be engaged by the fingers of the wearer to lessen the possibility of the hand grip opening to release the bar of the barbell. The block has a flat front and a outer surfaces forming an edge for engagement under the knuckle of at least one finger of the hand of the wearer, and the front surface projects from the hand strap sufficiently to avoid lessening the grasp of the block by the fingers of the wearer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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; and 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 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 the knuckle of the distal phalanx of at least one finger of the wearer, and with the distal 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) A hand grip according to claim 1, wherein said front surface extends normal to said hand strap outer portion, and said outer surface extends normal to said front surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) A hand grip according to claim 1, wherein said edge extends across said outer portion at an inclination aligned with an inclination of the distal phalanx knuckles of at least two fingers of the hand of the wearer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) A hand grip according to claim 3, wherein said at least two fingers are two middle fingers of the hand of the wearer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) A hand grip according to claim 3, wherein said hand grip is a pair of hand grips, wherein said edge of said block of one of said hand grips is configured to be inclined for engagement by the knuckles of two middle fingers of a left hand of the wearer, and wherein said edge of said block of the other of said pair of hand grips is configured to be inclined for engagement by the knuckles of two middle fingers of a right hand of the wearer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A hand grip according to claim 1, wherein a cover layer is secured to said outer portion and extends over said block to secure said block to said outer portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) A hand grip according to claim 1, wherein said front surface is of sufficient upstanding extent to avoid limiting the bending of the fingers of the wearer about said edge of said block that would lessen the grasp of said block by the fingers of the wearer. ### Claim 8 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; and 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; and 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. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) A hand grip according to claim 8, wherein said front surface extends normal to said hand strap outer portion, and said outer surface extends normal to said front surface. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) A hand grip according to claim 8, wherein said edge extends across said outer portion at an inclination aligned with an inclination of the distal phalanx knuckles of at least two fingers of the hand of the wearer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) A hand grip according to claim 10, wherein said at least two fingers are two middle fingers of the hand of the wearer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) A hand grip according to claim 8, wherein a cover layer is secured to said outer portion and extends over said block to secure said block to said outer portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) A hand grip according to claim 8, wherein said front surface is of sufficient upstanding extent to avoid limiting the bending of the fingers of the wearer about said edge of said block that would lessen the grasp of said block by the fingers of the wearer. ### Claim 14 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; and 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. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) A hand grip according to claim 14, wherein said front surface extends normal to said hand strap outer portion, and said outer surface extends normal to said front surface. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) A hand grip according to claim 14, wherein said edge extends across said outer portion at an inclination aligned with an inclination of the distal phalanx knuckles of at least two fingers of the hand of the wearer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) A hand grip according to claim 16, wherein said at least two fingers are two middle fingers of the hand of the wearer. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) A hand grip according to claim 14, wherein a cover layer is secured to said outer portion and extends over said block to secure said block to said outer portion. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) A hand grip according to claim 14, wherein said front surface is of sufficient upstanding extent to avoid limiting the bending of the fingers of the wearer about said edge of said block that would lessen the grasp of said block by the fingers of the wearer.