Improved finger tip mounted holding device
OwnerRobert A. Skaleskiinventor
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Abstract
An improved finger mountable holding device to temporarily hold an object in a tight space on a finger while an operation is performed utilizing the object, the device includes a tubular elastomeric body with a wall, a finger entering first open end an axis, a hole through the wall, a plurality of slits radiating outwardly from the hole to form flaps extending circumferentially around the hole. The flaps are capable of elastically flexing to dilate the hole whereby the object will pass therethrough to subject the flaps to elastic flexure to dilate the hole and to elastically hold the object in predetermined position in which the operation can be performed.
Claims5
An improved finger mountable device for temporarily holding an object while an operation is performed utilizing said object, said improved device comprising a tubular elastomeric body, said tubular elastomeric body having a wall, a first open end for receiving said finger and a second open end for passing a finger tip therethrough, a hole through said elastomeric wall, a plurality of slits radiating outwardly from said hole to form slaps circumferentially around said hole, said flaps elastically dilating to accept said object being placed therethrough, so that at least a portion of said object to be temporarily held is placed between said finger and said hole and flaps whereby said object will be elastically held in position by said flaps.
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