# US 8,782,854 B1 · Universal handle device

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- Number: US 8,782,854 B1
- Document ID: US8782854B1
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B1
- Application number: 14/067,046
- Filed: 2013-10-30
- Granted: 2014-07-22
- Earliest claimed: 2013-10-30
- Assignees: North Coast Medical, Inc.
- Applicants: North Coast Medical, Inc.
- Inventors: Stephen Samuels
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8782854B1

## CPC

- B25G 3/14: comprising barbs or teeth
- A63B 21/00043: {Exercising devices consisting of a pair of user interfaces connected by flexible elements, e.g. two handles connected by elastic bands (skipping ropes A63B5/20; resilient elements A63B21/02)}
- A63B 21/0557: {Details of attachments, e.g. clips or clamps}
- A63B 21/4035: {for operation by hand}
- B25G 1/102: {the shape being specially adapted to facilitate handling or improve grip}
- Y10T 24/39: Cord and rope holders
- B25G: HANDLES FOR HAND IMPLEMENTS (attaching the blades or the like to handles of hand tools for soil working A01B1/22; handles of hand implements for harvesting A01D1/14; handles integral with brushware A46B)
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A device for releasably retaining a cord or flexible tube. The device includes a U-shaped yoke and a rotatable handle sized for gripping by the hand of a user. The cord or flexible tube is releasably received by a capture cap and can emanate directly therefrom or be routed to a loop located at the end of the handle in order to alter its orientation.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A device for releasably retaining a cord or flexible tube, said device comprising a U-shaped yoke having terminal ends and a mid-point therebetween, an opening located proximate each of said terminal ends and a handle sized for gripping by the hand of a user, said handle having first and second ends, each of said first and second ends being sized for receipt by openings proximate each of said terminal ends of said U-shaped yoke and being rotatable therein, said handle further comprising a loop extending from one end thereof and sized to extend outside of said U-shaped yoke when said handle first and second ends are received by said openings, a capture cap having a capstan with a helical track supported at said mid-point of said yoke, said capture cap having a cap opening for receipt of said cord or flexible tube and a circumferential edge for abutting said yoke, said helical track being sized and positioned to receive said cord or flexible tube from said cap opening, said cord or flexible tube being lockably retained on said helical track upon rotation of said capture cap in a first direction and removable from said helical track upon rotation of said capture cap in a second direction.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 wherein said loop is sized to facilitate passage of said cord or flexible tube therethrough.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The device of claim 1 wherein said capture cap further comprises a series of indents upon its circumferential edge.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The device of claim 3 further comprising a ratchet safety capture and release mechanism engaging said series of indents in which, in a first orientation, said capture cap is prevented from rotating with respect to said yoke and when in a second orientation, said capture cap is capable of rotating.

### Claim 5

A device for releasably retaining a cord or flexible tube, said device comprising a U-shaped yoke having terminal ends and mid-points therebetween, an opening located proximate each of said terminal ends, a handle sized for gripping by a hand of the user, said handle having first and second ends, each of said first and second ends being sized for receipt by said opening proximate each of said terminal ends of said U-shaped yoke and being rotatable therein, said handle further comprising a loop extending from one end thereof and outside of said U-shaped yoke when said handle first and second ends are received by each of said openings, a capture cap having a capstan with a helical track supported at said mid-point of said U-shaped yoke said helical track sized to receive in lockable engagement, said cord or flexible tube, said capture cap having a cap opening for receipt of said cord or and flexible tube a circumferential edge for abutting said yoke, said cord or flexible tube being lockably retained on said helical track upon rotation of said capture cap in a first direction and removable from said helical track upon rotation of said capture cap in a second direction.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The device of claim 5 wherein said loop is sized to facilitate passage of said cord or flexible tube therethrough.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The device of claim 6 wherein said capture cap is further characterized as comprising a series of indents upon its circumferential edge.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The device of claim 7 further comprising a ratchet safety capture and release mechanism engaging said series of indents wherein in a first orientation, said capture cap is prevented from rotating with respect to said U-shaped yoke and when in a second orientation, and capture cap is capable of rotating.