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US 4,958,407 AGranted
Auxiliary tool handle
OwnerSamuel V. Johnsoninventor
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Abstract
An auxiliary tool handle (10) for attachment to cylindrical tool handles (12), such as those used for garden rakes, hoes, push brooms and the like. The auxiliary tool handle (10) comprises at least one curvilinear handle segment (16, 20) for removable and adjustable mounting on a conventional tool handle. Sleeves (18) for slidable mounting of the handle segments on conventional cylindrical tool handles are attached to the handle segments (16, 20), thereby enabling adjustable mounting thereof about the circumference and along the length of the tool handle.
Claims20
An auxiliary tool handle for attaching to an elongated tool handle comprising:
- a plurality of loop shaped member sized to receive at least 4 of a user's fingers
- said members having a first end and a second end, said ends being capable of adjoining the elongated tool handle,
- a handle attachment means at each of said ends capable of releasably securing each of said members to the elongated tool handle,
- said first and second ends of each of said members extending substantially parallel to the elongated tool handle when said member is attached to said handle
- said first end extending away from an area bounded by the perimeter of said member and
- said second end extending to form a lower boundary for said area bounded by the perimeter of said member.
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A handle for a tool comprising:
- an elongated central member which attached to a head of the tool at one end, said central member having a longitudinal axis,
- at least one loop shaped member,
- said loop shaped member having a first end and a second end,
- an attachment means at each of said first and second ends for attaching said loop member to said elongated central member,
- said first end of said loop member extending substantially parallel to said elongated member and away from an area bounded by the perimeter of said loop member,
- said second end of said loop member extending substantially parallel to said elongated member and also acting as a lower boundary for said area bounded by the perimeter of said loop member, and
- said loop shaped member having a rear portion, top portion, and front portion with said top portion being spaced form said central member whereby the distance from the top portion of the loop shaped member to the central member is such that a user can place four fingers within the loop and encircle in a manner substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the central member either of the front or rear loop member portions.
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A handle for a tool comprising:
- an elongated central member which attached to a tool at one end,
- at least two loop shaped members each sized to receive at least four of a user's fingers,
- each of said loop shaped member shaving a first end and a second end,
- an attachment means at each of said first and second ends for attaching each of said loop members to said elongated central member,
- said first end of each of said loop members extending substantially parallel to said elongated member and away from an area bounded by the perimeter of the loop member, and
- said second end of each of said loop members extending substantially parallel to said elongated member and also acting as a lower boundary for said area bounded by the perimeter of the loop member.
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A tool handle comprising:
- an elongated central member which attaches to a tool at one end;
- a plurality of loop shaped members each sized to receive a plurality of a user's fingers,
- each of said members having a first end and a second end, said ends adjoining said elongated central member
- a handle attachment means at each end of said loop shaped members capable of releasably securing each member to said elongated central member
- wherein at least two of said loop shaped members lie in nonparallel planes.
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A handle for a tool comprising:
- an elongated central member which attaches to a tool at one end,
- a stylized figure eight shaped loop member slidably attached to the central member at the central member's other end,
- said loop member including a first portion that receives said other end of the central member,
- said loop member including a second portion that attaches to said first portion, and
- said loop member including a top loop portion and a bottom loop portion wherein said top loop portion has a center above a longitudinal axis of said central member and said bottom loop portion has a center below the longitudinal axis of said central member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.