Handle accessory for work tools

A detachable lightweight handle useful as an accessory on work tools and utensils having straight or tapered element portions to assist, facilitate and reduce stress in the use of such tools, including:

• an elongated mounting portion for securing said handle to said element of a tool at any desired point therealong;
• said mounting portion including a flexible element-engaging section comformable to the taper and change in diameter of said element and in contact with substantially less than one-half the circumference of said element;
• said element-engaging section having serrations on a side adjacent said element for gripping said element;
• and,
• a central channel of a greater depth than said serrations for permitting controlled flexing of said element-engaging section for greater conformance of the entire of said element-engaging section to said element;
• said element-engaging section having an upper surface portion contoured to accept a strap means;
• said element-engaging section being fixedly mounted on said element by a flexible strap means, said upper surface portion and said element combining to form a peripheral strap-engaging surface;
• said strap means conforming substantially to all of said peripheral strap-engaging surface;
• said strap means bringing said serrations into contact with said element and causing said element-engaging section to frictionally hold said element in a fixed and stable manner;
• whereby,
• said handle may be fixedly secured to elements of different diameters and shapes and positioned at any desired point on the element with equal stability.