Handle
OwnerThomas J. Bartoninventor
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Abstract
A handle structure providing the user with a comfortable, natural, hook-type grip, maintaining the use's wrist in a neutral or flexed position during the performance of gripping, pulling, or lifting movements of a repetitive exercise routine or an extended work routine, to facilitate grip strength and endurance. The handle comprises a grip portion from which a fixed or adjustable support surface extends tangentially, the user's palm is engaged by the support surface preventing the hand and wrist from extending due to fatigue or slippage.
Claims17
A handle assembly operatively attachable to a movable or fixed device and upon which a user's hand can perform gripping, pulling, and lifting movements, said handle assembly comprising a grip portion and a support portion extending from said grip portion, said grip being shaped to have the user's fingers wrapped thereabout, said support portion being positioned to engage and support substantially the full width of the user's palm and to maintain the user's wrist in one of a neutral and a flexed position to provide a powerful hook-type grip.
A handle assembly operatively attachable to a movable or fixed device and upon which a user's hand can perform gripping, pulling, and lifting movements, said handle assembly comprising a grip portion and a support portion extending from said grip portion, said grip being shaped to have the user's fingers wrapped thereabout, said support portion being positioned to engage and support substantially the full width of the user's palm and to maintain the user's wrist in either one of a neutral and a flexed position to provide a powerful hook-type grip, said handle assembly comprising a pre-existing cylindrical grip portion and a separate support portion adjustably affixable to said grip portion, collars affixed to said support portion, said collars being adjustably mounted on said grip portion.
A handle assembly operatively attachable to a movable or fixed device and upon which a user's hand can perform gripping, pulling, and lifting movements, said handle assembly comprising a grip portion and a support portion extending from said grip portion, said grip being shaped to have the user's fingers wrapped thereabout, said support portion being positioned to engage and support substantially the full width of the user's palm and to maintain the user's wrist in either one of a neutral and a flexed position to provide a powerful hook-type grip, said handle assembly comprising a pre-existing cylindrical grip portion and a separate support portion adjustably affixed to the grip portion, a cylindrical sleeve affixed to said support portion, said sleeve being mountable on said pre-existing grip with a sliding fit and adjustably affixed thereon by fastening means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.