Rotatable handle attachable to an object having a longitudinal extent

A rotatable handle assembly attachable to an object and graspable by a user's hand, the rotatable handle assembly comprising:

• an auxiliary handle circumscribing a hand passageway configured to receive the user's hand therein;
• a collar integrally formed as a portion of the auxiliary handle;
• a hook having an upper end and a lower end, the hook attachable to the object;
• a shank integrally formed with and extending from the upper end of the hook, the shank having a longitudinal axis;
• a clutch operatively coupling the shank to the collar, the shank moveable relative to the collar only in translation along the longitudinal axis when the clutch is in an engaged position;
• the shank movable relative to the collar in rotation about the longitudinal axis when the clutch is in a disengaged position, the clutch biased in the engaged position;
• and
• a ratchet on the upper end of the hook;
• a pivot arm attached to the lower end of the hook, the pivot arm extending toward the ratchet and rotatable about a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shank;
• and
• a pawl attached to the pivot arm for rotation therewith, the pawl slideable in translation relative to the pivot arm between a first pawl position in which a free end of the pawl engages the ratchet preventing rotation of the pivot arm and a second pawl position in which the free end of the pawl is disengaged from the ratchet, the pawl biased in the first pawl position.