Grip assisting and anti contagion devices
OwnerSteve RAPP, Steve LaBUZETTAinventors
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Abstract
A grip assist device fittable to a hand-held object. The grip assist device is comprised of a hollow body having at least one opening for receiving the object. The hollow body is formed of an elastomeric material, and may include an antipathogenic material. The hollow body is comprised of an elastic mesh side wall including perforations interspersed with web sections. The antipathogenic material may be provided in a coating adhered to an external surface of the elastic mesh side wall of the elongated hollow body, and/or impregnated in the elastic mesh side wall of the elongated hollow body. The grip assist device may be provided in a configuration fittable to a walking cane, a door knob, a beverage cup, a handgun, or a bicycle.
Claims13
A grip assist device fittable to a walking cane comprising a handle and a support shaft joined to and extending transversely from the handle, the grip assist device comprising an elongated hollow body formed of an elastomeric material and comprised of an elastic mesh side wall including perforations interspersed with web sections, and an opening in the sidewall elastically deformable to receive the handle of the cane within the elongated hollow body and to reversibly deform and surround the transversely extending support shaft of the cane.
A grip assist device fittable to a hand-held object, the grip assist device comprising a hollow body having at least one opening for receiving the object, the hollow body formed of an elastomeric material, including an antipathogenic material. and comprised of an elastic mesh side wall including perforations interspersed with web sections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.