Ergonomic garden tool handle
OwnerStephen Van Valininventor
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
An ergonomic tool handle is designed for “one-handed” use by incorporating a hand grip and a forearm support in a compact arrangement. The tool handle includes a longitudinal shaft with a vertical hand grip formed at one end and a forearm support at the opposing end. The hand grip is essentially U-shaped and oriented such that the “U” is upside-down and attached to the longitudinal shaft at two separate locations (the “top” ends of each leg of the “U”). The forearm support takes the form of an enlarged support area (with respect to the diameter of the shaft) and in one embodiment is V-shaped (with a cross-member attached between the legs of the “V”). Preferably, various tool implements may be removably attached to the longitudinal shaft of the handle (e.g., screw-on, locking pin, etc.).
Claims15
An ergonomic tool handle comprising
- a longitudinal shaft having a first end termination and a second, opposing end termination;
- a U-shaped hand grip coupled to the longitudinal shaft, the U-shaped hand grip defined as including a first leg and a second leg and disposed such that the first leg is attached proximate to the first end termination of the longitudinal shaft and the second leg is attached proximate to the second end termination of to the longitudinal shaft, the second leg including a gripping surface for one-handed use of the ergonomic tool handle;
- and
- a forearm support member attached to the second end termination of the longitudinal shaft, extending rearwardly along the longitudinal axis and expanding in width from the second end termination to the forearm support member termination.
An ergonomic garden tool comprising
- a garden tool head;
- and
- a tool handle coupled to the garden tool head, the tool handle comprising
- a longitudinal shaft having a first end termination and a second, opposing end termination;
- a U-shaped hand grip coupled to the ongitudinal shaft, the U-shaped hand grip defined as including a first leg and a second leg and disposed such that the first leg is attached proximate to the first end termination of the longitudinal shaft and the second leg is attached proximate to the second end termination of the longitudinal shaft, the second leg including a gripping surface for one-handed use of the ergonomic tool handle;
- and
- a forearm support member attached to the second end termination of the longitudinal shaft, extending rearwardly along the longitudinal axis and expanding in width from the second end termination to the forearm support member termination.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.