Gripping sleeve
OwnerGlenn Summerfieldinventor
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Abstract
The present invention is a gripping sleeve for enhancing a user's grasp of the handles and handholds of various tools and implements comprising: an elongated flexible hollow cylindrical sleeve having a first end, second end, interior wall surface, and exterior wall surface; and a lengthwise, non-radial slit from said first end to said second end, penetrating through said exterior wall surface to said interior wall surface.
Claims5
A gripping sleeve for enhancing a user's grasp of the handles and handholds of various tools and implements, and in particular, paint cans, said gripping sleeve comprising:
- an elongated flexible hollow cylindrical sleeve having a first end, second end, an interior cylindrical wall surface, and exterior cylindrical wall surface;
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- a lengthwise slit extending from said first end to said second end, penetrating through said exterior wall surface to said interior wall surface, said lengthwise slit defining opposing slit side walls in abutting yet separable relationship for receipt within said flexible hollow cylindrical sleeves of handles and handholds of said various tools and implements.
A method of using a gripping sleeve to enhance a user's grasp of the handles and handholds of various tools and implements comprising the step of:
- separating a gripping sleeve along a lengthwise slit along opposing abutting slit side walls feeding a handle or handhold of a tool or an implement through said separated gripping sleeves's lengthwise slit;
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- utilizing the gripping sleeve to grip the tool or implement more securely and comfortably.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.