Ergonomic anatomical assist system for handled devices
AssigneeLett Solutions, LLC
InventorByron Jon Herigstad
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Abstract
An ergonomic anatomical assist system for mounting on a handled receptacle device, having a hand grip disposed on a receptacle end of the device, the hand grip disposed on the device transversely to the handle and extending off the handle so that a user's palm can grasp the grip with palm facing up and opposite the receptacle. The system may further have a forearm support configured to cradle around at least a portion of the user's forearm, the support being disposed on a handle portion of the device that is spaced so as to distribute the load of the device over at least two spaced apart anatomical points, one being at the hand and the other along the forearm.
Claims27
An ergonomic, anatomical assist system for a receptacle device having a handle extending between a proximal end and a distal receptacle end, and a receptacle positioned distally of the receptacle end of the handle, the anatomical assist system comprising:
- a hand grip having a user-graspable portion configured to be coupled to the handle in a transverse orientation, said user-graspable portion further having one leg extending from each of two respective opposed sides of a central region of the user-graspable portion, each of said legs forming an acute angle with said central region, to keep the hand and wrist of the user in a neutral position such that a user's upwardly facing palm can urge against the transversely oriented, user-graspable portion in a generally vertical direction;
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- a forearm support configured to be coupled to the handle proximally of the hand grip and to cradle around and urge against at least a portion of the user's forearm such that a load of the receptacle device can be applied to at least the user's hand and forearm.
A handled receptacle device, comprising:
- a handle extending between a proximal end and a distal end;
- a receptacle positioned adjacent the distal end of the handle;
- a central portion of a hand grip coupled to the handle proximally of the receptacle and extending transversely relative to the handle, said hand grip having two opposed legs extending from said central portion, each of said legs forming an acute angle with said central portion, to keep the hand and wrist of the user in a neutral position, such that a user's generally upwardly facing palm can urge against the portion of the hand grip in a generally vertical direction relative to the receptacle;
- a forearm support coupled to the handle and spaced apart from the hand grip and configured to cradle around and to urge against at least a portion of the user's forearm when the user's upwardly facing palm urges against the hand grip such that the forearm support is configured to braces a load of the receptacle against the user's forearm when the user rotates the receptacle about an axis of rotation generally parallel to the user's forearm towards an inverted position while grasping the grip.
A method for making an ergonomic anatomic assist system comprising:
- providing a hand grip having a central region and two legs respectively extending from two opposite sides of said central portion, each of said legs forming an acute angle with said central portion;
- mounting said hand grip to a handle adjacent a receptacle such that the hand grip extends transversely relative to the handle in a generally horizontal plane such that a user's palm can urge against the hand grip with a palm facing up and opposite the receptacle;
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- providing a forearm support configured to cradle around at least a portion of the user's forearm, and
- mounting said forearm support to the handle such that said forearm support is spaced from the hand grip so as to distribute a load of the device over at least two spaced apart anatomical regions of a user, one being at the user's hand and the other along a portion of the user's forearm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.