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US 5,347,684 AGranted
Grip cover
OwnerLinda J. Jacksoninventor
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Abstract
A flexible sheet is detachably securable about the handle of a tool, cooking utensil or other implement. Preferably fabricated of cellular elastomer, such as foamed rubber, the sheet thermally and electrically insulates the hand of the user.
Claims5
A grip cover for use in combination with an implement having a housing from which extends a handle with an end and for protecting the hand of a user, said grip cover comprising:
- a. a first sheet of flexible material including
- i. an inner surface receivable against and frictionally engaging the handle of said implement,
- ii. an outer surface for receiving the hand of said user thereagainst,
- iii. a first edge normally residing proximate the end of said handle, and
- iv. a second edge spaced from said first edge;
- b. securement means for constrictively affixing said sheet of said grip cover about said handle with a selective predetermined compressive force;
- c. a second sheet of flexible material including
- i. an inner surface receivable against said housing of said implement,
- ii. an outer surface,
- iii. a first edge normally spaced from a rearward end of said housing, and
- iv. a second edge spaced from said first edge;
- and
- d. securement means for constrictively affixing said second sheet of flexible material about said housing with a selective predetermined compressive force.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.