US 5,440,784 AGranted

Ergonomic hand grip

OwnerHarold L. Hull, Judith Astoninventors

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Abstract

A generic ergonomic hand grip is disclosed which teaches an optimum ergonomic relationship between the various parts of the human hand including the wrist, thumbs, thumb pads, finger, finger pads, etc., which may be adapted to many different apparatus's such as suitcases, briefcases, luggage, fishing pole handles, gun handles, hammer handles, knives and many others too numerous to mention.

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An ergonomic hand grip comprising;

a substantially rigid elongated element forming a handle, said handle having a top, a bottom, a right side, a left side and thumb ends, said element having an ergonomic relationship with a left or right human hand, said human hand having first and second positions, said first position being with a thumb of said left or right human hand being placed on said top of said element at one of said thumb ends and all fingers of said human hand capturing said handle in a hand grip, said second position being with said thumb of said left or right human hand being placed on said left or said right side of said handle element at one of said thumb ends, said fingers capturing said handle in a hand grip, said top having first recessed areas approximately at each of said thumb ends, said recessed areas cooperating with a ball of either thumb of said right or left human hand when said hand is in its said first position, said top being formed substantially in the form of an uprising curve, said uprising curve forming an ergonomic relationship with a palm of said right or said left human hand, second recessed areas formed in said right and said left sides of said handle element approximately at said thumb ends, said second recesses forming an ergonomic relationship with a side of said thumbs of either said left or said right human hand when said human hands are in their said second position, third recessed areas formed in said left side and said bottom of said handle element forming an ergonomic relationship with a first finger of said left or right human hand, forth recessed areas formed in said left and said bottom of said handle element forming an ergonomic relationship with a second finger of said left or right human hand, fifth recessed areas formed in said left, and said bottom of said handle element forming an ergonomic relationship with a third finger of said left or right human hand, sixth recessed areas formed in said left and said bottom of said handle element forming an ergonomic relationship with a little finger of said left or right human hand, said left side being in its length in the form of an inward curve, said right side in its length being in the form of an outward curve and said hand grip having a flowing tracery forming a curvilinear exterior configuration conforming and adapted to take the interior generic shape of said human hands when either hand is in a gripping relationship with said hand grip.

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Abstract

An ergonomic hand grip comprising;

a substantially rigid elongated element forming a handle, said handle having a top, a bottom, a right side, a left side and thumb ends, said element having an ergonomic relationship with a left or right human hand, said human hand having first and second positions, said first position being with a thumb of said left or right human hand being placed on said top of said element at one of said thumb ends and all fingers of said human hand capturing said handle in a hand grip, said second position being with said thumb of said left or right human hand being placed on said left or said right side of said handle element at one of said thumb ends, said fingers capturing said handle in a hand grip, said top having first recessed areas approximately at each of said thumb ends, said recessed areas cooperating with a ball of either thumb of said right or left human hand when said hand is in its said first position, said top being formed substantially in the form of an uprising curve, said uprising curve forming an ergonomic relationship with a palm of said right or said left human hand, second recessed areas formed in said right and said left sides of said handle element approximately at said thumb ends, said second recesses forming an ergonomic relationship with a side of said thumbs of either said left or said right human hand when said human hands are in their said second position, third recessed areas formed in said left side and said bottom of said handle element forming an ergonomic relationship with a first finger of said left or right human hand, forth recessed areas formed in said left and said bottom of said handle element forming an ergonomic relationship with a second finger of said left or right human hand, fifth recessed areas formed in said left, and said bottom of said handle element forming an ergonomic relationship with a third finger of said left or right human hand, sixth recessed areas formed in said left and said bottom of said handle element forming an ergonomic relationship with a little finger of said left or right human hand, said left side being in its length in the form of an inward curve, said right side in its length being in the form of an outward curve and said hand grip having a flowing tracery forming a curvilinear exterior configuration conforming and adapted to take the interior generic shape of said human hands when either hand is in a gripping relationship with said hand grip.