Multi-task hand aid
OwnerRonald W. Jones, James L. Fordinventors
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Abstract
A hand-held tool for individuals who have diminished use of their hands or reduced gripping strength due to infirmity or medical condition that provides a number of shaped spaces for seating and manipulation of various items that would otherwise be difficult or impossible to manipulate. Among the multiple shaped spaces is a space for a writing instrument and a space for an eating utensil enabling a user to write and eat without for example, directly gripping a pencil or a fork.
Claims10
A hand-held tool with a top side, a bottom side, and a perimeter to be used by persons having diminished grip and fine motor skills for purposes of manipulating objects, comprising:
- a plurality of apertures, wherein at least four of the apertures are placed within and share a common plane on the top and bottom sides, at least one of the apertures is shaped for the reception and passage therethrough of an eating utensil and the releasable retention of the eating utensil thereof, at least one of the apertures is shaped for the passing through and releasable retention of a barrel of a writing instrument, and wherein the apertures shaped for the handle of the eating utensil and for the barrel of a writing instrument enable the person to perform the functions of eating and writing having to oppose the thumb and fingers together in a gripping position:
- and,
- a plurality of shaped recessed, each recess shaped to receive an object for the purpose of manipulating the object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.