Handle for tools
AssigneeMystic Apparel LLC
InventorAlice Rosow
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AssigneeMystic Apparel LLC
InventorAlice Rosow
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A handle for a garden tool, a kitchen utensil, a hardware tool, an implement, device, preferably cookware and/or a pot or pan comprises a soft, resilient material formed into three horizontally-extending (to the longitudinal axis of the handle) finger troughs. A slight recess for a fourth finger, and a thumb rest, located on the bottom and top, respectively, extend along the longitudinal axis of the handle. The thumb rest is at least partially superimposed over the fourth (or pointer) finger recess and is at least partially forward or distal to the end of the handle as the troughs and the fourth or pointer finger recess of the handle. The soft material (polypropylene and/or thermoplastic rubber) for the handle along with the finger troughs and the thumb rest allow the handle to be comfortable in use, very easy to control the item to which the handle is attached, and still allows for heat insulation between the item to which the handle is attached and the user's hand.
A tool handle comprising a basic, cylindrical-like hand gripping surface defining a longitudinal axis of the handle, a free proximal tip and a distal tool-contacting end at opposite ends of said longitudinal axis of the handle, said handle comprising a resilient, heat-insulative bottom surface and a hard, top surface for the palm, said bottom surface comprising three parallel trough areas, one for each of the pinky, ring and middle fingers of a user, each of said three trough areas having a distinct curvature with the centers of the radius of curvature in at least two horizontal planes with respect to the top surface and spacing designed to roughly correspond to that of adult pinky, ring, and middle fingers, respectively, of a user, said troughs being spaced apart from one another and spaced along said longitudinal axis and said troughs extending across and substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, a fourth or pointer finger recess distal to said three troughs and in said bottom and in alignment with said longitudinal axis, said pointer finger recess being substantially less deep than said troughs and extending a greater length of said handle than one of said troughs, and a thumb rest in the form of a slight recess, on said top surface, at least partially superimposed above said fourth or pointer finger recess, said thumb rest also being aligned with the longitudinal axis of said handle and providing a cantilever position for said handle when held by a hand, said thumb rest and said pointer finger recess at their distal ends diverging only slightly outwardly toward said distal, tool-contacting end so that the same substantially smoothly continues and serves as an extension and support of the device supported by said handle.
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