Appliance for the handicapped
OwnerTyler Thompson, Joseph Jacobsinventors
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Abstract
Apparatus to permit handicapped persons with arm and/or hand injury to manipulate a variety of objects. A extension supports a clamp on one end opposite a hand rest on the other. Straps are used to secure the forearm and hand in place on the apparatus. A bar, which extends outwardly from the rest, can have a variety of items attached to permit manipulating them with the apparatus. A supplemental structure can be attached to the apparatus on the side opposite to the clamp and rest with an open channel along the extension to better engage elongated items. Straps can also be used to secure the elongated items within the channel.
Claims7
Apparatus for manipulating objects comprising:
- a) an extension having a first dimension between a first and a second end;
- b) an essentially U-shaped clamp attached to the first end of said extension with the open end outward, the clamp being sized and attached to receive the forearm portion of an arm extending along the first dimension of the extension from the first end to the second end with the hand opposite the second end, further comprising first securing means for securing the forearm within the clamp;
- d) a hand rest located on the second end of the extension on the same side of the extension as the clamp, the hand rest being sized and arranged to provide a rest for the palm of the hand of a forearm extended along the extension, further comprising second securing means for securing the hand to the rest;
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- f) a bar and a bar attachment means for attaching the bar to the rest, the attachment means being arranged to permit the bar to extend outwardly in either direction from the rest essentially perpendicular to the first dimension of the extension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.