Handle, Handle Component, Or Handle Adjunct Patents (Class 16/110.1)
  • Publication number: 20120054984
    Abstract: An air tool handle includes a first bushing and a second bushing prepared by different molds as two independent objects. The first bushing and the second bushing have a first hollow part and a second hollow part, respectively, that are in communication. The first bushing has several through parts and concave areas. The second bushing has several thin parts complementary to the concave areas and several thick parts connected with the thin parts and filling the through parts outward. The first bushing and the second bushing are combined along the same axial line. The first hollow part and the second hollow part accommodate the first body of an air tool or hand tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: STORM PNEUMTIC TOOL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: YUNG-YUNG SUN, CHUAN-CHING CHENG
  • Publication number: 20120054986
    Abstract: A paintbrush gripping device comprising an elongated body embodied in a tubular shape, an accepting opening at an upper portion of the elongated body, a closed base at a lower end of the elongated body opposite to the accepting opening, and a row of slots extending along a length of the elongated body wherein a handle of a paintbrush is first inserted into the accepting opening, then slides through the elongated body to stop at the closed base, and wherein the row of slots expands the elongated body to enable a variety of widths of the handle to fit within the paintbrush gripping device thus giving the handle a wider diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventor: David Wood
  • Publication number: 20120043452
    Abstract: An apparatus for gripping a handheld device is provided. The apparatus includes a base for affixing the apparatus to a first surface of the handheld device; at least one extension extending from the base at a first end of the extension; and a grip extending from the at least one extension at a second end of the extension, wherein the grip is oriented substantially parallel to the first surface of the handheld device, wherein the apparatus is adapted to receive a portion of at least one finger inserted between the grip and the handheld device, wherein the apparatus is adapted to receive a portion of each of two fingers inserted between the grip and the handheld device at opposite sides of the at least one extension, and wherein the grip is movable into at least one angled position where one end of the grip is pointed towards the base while an opposite end of the grip is pointed away from the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2011
    Publication date: February 23, 2012
    Inventor: Michael Shayne KARMATZ
  • Publication number: 20120023702
    Abstract: My match handle allows the application of a match to places difficult to reach. It accomplishes this while also improving safety and reducing waste. The match handle prevents the flame from traveling to the user's hand. This nearly eliminates the risk of being burned by the match flame. Waste is reduced as the handle is re-useable. It can also operate with a shorter than conventional match. These factors result in less material being disposed of with each use. My match handle also incorporates a safe, efficient, and clean way to eject a match once used. The user does not need to reposition ones grip to eject the match. The user does not need to touch the burned match. It is also unnecessary to touch the potentially hot and unclean match holding end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2011
    Publication date: February 2, 2012
    Inventor: Gregory Desi Bussone
  • Patent number: 8104813
    Abstract: A vehicle interior trim panel is provided with a rigid trim portion, a first flexible trim portion and a second flexible trim portion. The rigid trim portion includes a first assist grip opening and a second assist grip opening. The first flexible trim portion is attached to the rigid trim portion along an edge of the first assist grip opening. The first flexible trim portion at least partially covers the first assist grip opening of the rigid trim portion. The second flexible trim portion is attached to the rigid trim portion along an edge of the second assist grip opening. The second flexible trim portion at least partially covers the second assist grip opening of the rigid trim portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2012
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventor: Yimin She
  • Patent number: 8096018
    Abstract: A handle pivot structure includes carrier frame, a handle, and a pivot shaft mounted in an axle hole of the handle to pivotally secure the handle to a screw rod of the carrier frame, the pivot shaft having a mounting member threaded onto the screw rod of the carrier member and a rotating member peripherally affixed to the axle hole of the handle and rotatably coupled to the mounting member for allowing biasing of the handle relative to the carrier frame to move an engagement member thereof in an out of an opening on the carrier frame between a locking position and an unlocking position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2012
    Assignee: Tekserve Corp.
    Inventor: Hong-Chi Lee
  • Publication number: 20110308040
    Abstract: A work machine handle device includes a handle foldable relative to a frame. The frame has a handle support part about which the handle turns. The handle intersects the handle support part. Left and right attachment parts, which are portions where the handle intersects the handle support part, are supported by a handle turning mechanism with suitable pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizuguchi, Tadashi Yamashita, Taiyo Onodera
  • Patent number: 8079617
    Abstract: A stick handle (1) is described, in particular for walking sticks, trekking sticks, alpine ski sticks, cross-country sticks and Nordic walking sticks, with a handle body (14) and with a device (8-11, 15) for the self-latching fastening of a hand-holding device (25), in particular in the form of a hand loop or a glove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Lekisport AG
    Inventor: Klaus Lenhart
  • Patent number: 8069536
    Abstract: A conformable pod and related method of production are provided, wherein the pod defines a soft structure adapted for deformation in response to minimal pressure applied manually, i.e., by contact with some portion of the body, and for retaining a deformed configuration substantially in the absence of continued application of manual pressure. The pod includes a viscous and tacky gel material encased within a closed chamber defined at least in part by a relatively thin and easily deformed outer skin providing minimal deformation resistance. In a preferred form, the encased gel material is a coagulated or partially coagulated gel such as a silicone-based gel material adapted for deformation in response to minimal applied manual pressure, and for substantially pressureless retention of the as-deformed shape, followed by relatively slow return (at least two seconds or more) to an initial nondeformed shape upon manual release of the pod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Willat Ergonomic Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Boyd I. Willat, Adrian Cordova, Robert C. Portillo, Gary D. Delgado
  • Publication number: 20110283456
    Abstract: A person-support apparatus comprises a frame, an endboard, and a handle assembly. The endboard is coupled to the frame. The endboard includes a grip. The handle assembly is configured to be removably coupled to the endboard. The handle assembly includes a handle configured to rotate with respect to the endboard between a first position and a second position. The handle is configured to assist a person during at least one of ingress and egress from the person-support apparatus in the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventor: Fred Herman
  • Publication number: 20110265614
    Abstract: Embodiments of support apparatuses for hand-held tools are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. In an embodiment, this support apparatus comprises a disk-shaped member having a hole through the disk-shaped member. The disk-shaped member is configured to fit around a hand-held tool having an axial shaft through the hole. The disk-shaped member is oriented substantially perpendicular to the axial shaft and is configured to support a side part of a palm of a hand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 3, 2011
    Applicant: Raytheon Company
    Inventors: Kent D. Christensen, Briggs B. Edney
  • Publication number: 20110260479
    Abstract: Device and method for handling containers and container comprising said device which comprises a hook (1), fitted on means of elevation, configured to hinge around a hinging shaft (2) between a folded position, where a space below said hinging shaft (2) is free, and a deployed position, where the hook (1) is below said hinging shaft (2), with the container comprising a plurality of side panels (15) and a lower panel (16), and at least one support handle (5) configured for stable lifting at a single point of the container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: Oscar Fillol Vidal
  • Publication number: 20110258809
    Abstract: A handle unit includes a handle, a connector, a bolt, a latch, a button and a spring. The handle includes two lugs. The connector includes a lug. The lug of the connector is located between the lugs of the handle. The bolt is inserted in the lugs so that the handle is pivotally connected to the connector. The latch is connected to the bolt and located in a non-circular opening of the second lug of the handle. The button is connected to the latch. The spring is compressed between the button and the first lug of the handle to make the latch enter a non-circular opening of the connector to position the connector relative to the handle. The button can be pressed to make the latch leave the non-circular opening of the connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Inventor: Jack LIN
  • Publication number: 20110247175
    Abstract: The present document describes a pivotable handle assembly for mounting on a support. The assembly comprises a rotation-blocking portion comprising a pivot axis, the rotation-blocking portion for being rotatable about the pivot axis and relative to the support when in an unlocked position, and when in a locked position, the rotation blocking portion for preventing its rotation about the pivot axis; a handle depending from the rotation blocking portion; and a locking mechanism comprising a push-button and a lock release. The locking mechanism is for locking the rotation-blocking portion in the locked position, and for unlocking the rotation-blocking portion in the unlocked position upon a pushing motion being applied to the push-button to actuate the lock release, the unlocked position thereby allowing the handle to be pivoted about the pivot axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Mylène Girard, Charles Vallières
  • Publication number: 20110242768
    Abstract: A handle structure includes a holding portion, a first inner-thread structure and a second inner-thread structure. The holding portion has a first fixing pillar, a second fixing pillar and a force-applying rod connected between the first fixing pillar and the second fixing pillar parallel to the first fixing pillar. The first inner-thread structure is inlaid in the first end of the first fixing pillar. The first fixing pillar has a first height perpendicular to the faceplate, and the height of the first inner-thread structure perpendicular to the faceplate is greater than the half of the first height. The second inner-thread structure is inlaid in the second end of the second fixing pillar. The second fixing pillar has a second height perpendicular to the faceplate, and the height of the second inner-thread structure perpendicular to the faceplate is greater than the half of the second height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicants: FSP TECHNOLOGY INC., 3Y POWER TECHNOLOGY (TAIWAN), INC.
    Inventor: Shao-Feng Lu
  • Publication number: 20110214256
    Abstract: The present invention relates to handles and handle attachments, including a handle attachment comprising a handle end, attached to a strap of nylon, leather, polyprolene or any other suitable material with Velcro hook on one half and loop fastening on the other end. The handle attachment may be secured to an item to be carried by feeding the lower strap around the item or items then through a ring, attaching the Velcro hook end to the loop fastening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2010
    Publication date: September 8, 2011
    Inventor: Kathleen Stone
  • Patent number: 8011530
    Abstract: An articulating handle for an item of cookware is provided. The articulating handle is configured for connection with the cookware through a hinge assembly. The handle may be locked into substantially horizontal position such as for use of the cookware, or a substantially vertical position for storage. As such, cookware including such a handle can be stacked in a space-saving manner. A method for stacking cookware and a stack of cookware incorporating such a handle are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2011
    Assignees: SEB S.A., Groupe SEB USA
    Inventors: Duane B. Kutsch, Daniel Altheimer, Kenneth R. Morris, Christopher Keidl
  • Patent number: 8007625
    Abstract: A method of mounting a grip jacket to a handlebar includes the steps of sleeving an elongated detachable bagging onto a handlebar, the detachable bagging having a closed first end and a closed second end for preventing the handlebar from entering an inside of the detachable bagging, by making the first end be stopped against a distal end of the handlebar and then gradually pushing the detachable bagging toward the handlebar until the detachable bagging fully covers the handlebar; mounting a grip jacket onto the detachable bagging in such a way that the detachable bagging is located between the grip jacket and the handlebar and the second end is exposed outside; and finally drawing the detachable bagging to remove it from the handlebar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: High Cedar Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yung-Han Wang
  • Patent number: 8006351
    Abstract: Handles allow hand tools, implements or other utensils to operate within their arc of natural use, motion and attack without requiring extension, flexion, radial deviation, or ulnar deviation of the wrist from the neutral plane of the forearm. The preferred embodiments further include a grip shaped to increase the effectiveness of the tool and minimize antagonism between muscles and tendons of the wrist, forearm and upper arm, while maximizing the effectiveness of the gripping force delivered to it by the user. Maintaining the wrist and forearm in a neutral position increases a tool user's potential strength by increasing the synergy between large muscles of the forearm and upper arm and shoulders. It also decreases compression of the tendons and nerves in the carpal tunnel and between the wrist and forearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Radius Garden LLC
    Inventor: Bruce Baker
  • Publication number: 20110203076
    Abstract: A handle for a transport cart has conductive regions. The conductive regions of the handle are located precisely in the regions that provide the user with the most beneficial leverage when maneuvering the transport cart. Those regions are located in the lateral regions of the handle, where the conductive regions of the handle are also located. The conductive regions are in turn connected to the remaining material of the transport cart in a conductive manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2008
    Publication date: August 25, 2011
    Inventors: Horst Sonnendorfer, Franz Wieth
  • Patent number: 8002295
    Abstract: A safety improvement for the well established types of wheeled handicap walkers with safety levers attached to the walker; the safety levers begin at the handholds part of the walker and about over the rear wheel and are formed back and upward to conform to the back of the users lower arm; the user grips the handholds of the walker to walk forward; the walker, equipped with the safety levers, hits an obstacle with the front wheels, the safety levers contact the back of the users lower arms, user applies the back of their lower arm to urge downward on the safety levers causing the walker to rock backwards which in turn causes the downward energy to shift and the front wheel or wheels to lift and pass over the obstacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Inventor: Harry Clark
  • Publication number: 20110197393
    Abstract: A handle, preferably for a motor vehicle, includes, but is not limited to a frame surrounding an upper part. At least one engagement hook is arranged on the frame, which can be hooked into at least one corresponding counterpart provided on the upper part, and with a lower part that can be arranged on the upper part, on which lower part at least one projection that can be placed against the engagement hook is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 18, 2011
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Thilo SCHAEFER, Johann KLEEB
  • Publication number: 20110180559
    Abstract: A handle (1) for a cooking vessel has a handle body (3) with a hollow space (2) and at least one flange area (4, 4?) for connecting the handle (1) to the cooking vessel. At least one sealing element (5, 5?) made of plastic is provided and can be inserted into the hollow space (2) of the handle body (3) from the flange area (4, 4?). The sealing element (5, 5?) seals the hollow space (2) to the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2009
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Applicant: WMF Wuerttembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG
    Inventors: Martin Geiger, Dieter Reinhard
  • Patent number: 7975351
    Abstract: A door handle for opening a door of a refrigerator or a freezer compartment is fixable to the door in a manner pivotable by a pivot support and movable between an open position and a closed position as well having a restoration device for the automatic restoration of the handle from the open position into the closed position. A movement damper is provided for damping the restoration force of the handle from the open position into closed position and/or opening movement of the handle from the closed position into open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Liebherr-Hausgeräte Ochsenhausen GmbH
    Inventor: Wilfried King
  • Publication number: 20110162168
    Abstract: A handle for a rotating tool extension is disclosed. The handle includes a body member having a central portion with first and second end portions. The body member is positionable along an axis of rotation of the rotating tool extension and includes a bore formed in the body member extending therethrough along the axis of rotation. A liner may be at least partially disposed within the bore, and may be at least partially removable from and insertable within the bore. A rotating tool extension is at least partially inserted within the liner. Alternatively, the body member may include at least one roller bearing member contacting at least a portion of the rotating tool extension during rotation of the extension. The handle and extension may be provided as a combination and also as a kit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Inventor: Daniel A. Peluso
  • Publication number: 20110126379
    Abstract: An umbrella handle includes a tubular member having an inclined bottom wall, and a housing having an axle extended from an inclined upper wall for rotatably engaging with the inclined bottom wall of the tubular member and for allowing the housing to be rotated relative to the tubular member to different directions and for allowing the housing to be folded and inclined relative to the tubular member to different folding statuses, a flashlight device is attached to the housing for facing or directing toward various or different directions and for lighting the environment when the housing is pivoted or rotated relative to the tubular member to different or various directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2009
    Publication date: June 2, 2011
    Inventor: Lu Tsai Huang
  • Publication number: 20110119866
    Abstract: A handle pivot structure includes carrier frame, a handle, and a pivot shaft mounted in an axle hole of the handle to pivotally secure the handle to a screw rod of the carrier frame, the pivot shaft having a mounting member threaded onto the screw rod of the carrier member and a rotating member peripherally affixed to the axle hole of the handle and rotatably coupled to the mounting member for allowing biasing of the handle relative to the carrier frame to move an engagement member thereof in an out of an opening on the carrier frame between a locking position and an unlocking position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 26, 2011
    Inventor: Hong-Chi LEE
  • Patent number: 7934294
    Abstract: A safety handle device for attaching to a wall of a trailer to allow a user to enter a trailer comprising a bar; a channel disposed in the bar near the first end; a sliding component slidably disposed in the channel; a first ring rotatably attached to the sliding component; an anchor component fixedly attached to the bar near the second end; a second ring rotatably attached to the anchor component; a first strap attached to the first ring and a second strap attached to the second ring; an E-clip attached to each of the first strap and the second strap; wherein the E-clip is insertable into an E-channel disposed on the wall of the trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2011
    Inventor: Howard G. Janes
  • Publication number: 20110088215
    Abstract: A clamp that attached to fabrics is provided that includes a tubular member and a locking member. The tubular member has an elongated tubular shape with a lengthwise slot disposed therein between a first end and a second end longitudinally opposite the first end, and a protrusion that extends out of an inner surface of a lengthwise cavity within the tubular member. The protrusion is disposed within the tubular member biased toward one side of the slot to create an asymmetrical cross section in the tubular member. The locking member has thickness smaller than a width in the slot and a width greater than the width in the slot allowing the locking member to be inserted into and out of the slot in a first orientation but not in at least one other orientation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventor: Elmer V. Vera
  • Patent number: 7922189
    Abstract: A vehicle grip assist handle is provided with a grip assist body and a first gap hider. The grip assist body includes a gripping portion and a first attachment portion. The first gap hider is attached to the first attachment portion of the grip assist body. The first gap hider is configured to at least partially cover a first assist grip opening in a vehicle interior trim panel when the first attachment portion of the grip assist body is positioned in the first assist grip opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2011
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Craig B. Dillon, Wes Roy, Ron Morrow, Lauren Parkins
  • Patent number: 7891053
    Abstract: In one preferred aspect, a set of interlocking instrument handles is provided that permits a user to directly engage a locking element to releasably lock one instrument to another instrument. In another preferred aspect, a locking collar is provided for locking instrument handles to one another. In a further preferred aspect, a method is provided for locking instrument handles to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventor: David A. Schuelke
  • Publication number: 20110035892
    Abstract: A personal care device having a handle region which at least in part has a surface made of a thermoplastic elastomer provided at least in part with a protective layer of a varnish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Inventors: Florian Baier, Roland Heckenthaler
  • Publication number: 20110035902
    Abstract: A knob comprises a knob cap and a moving block. The knob and the moving block are connected by inserting the moving block into the knob cap and by engaging nails formed on an inner surface of an enlarged diameter portion as an opening end of the knob cap to engagement holes formed in a fitting portion of the moving block. A bottom wall of the knob cap has an inner surface provided with projections at three equally divided positions on the circumference around the axis center, the projection having a front end provided with an inclined surface. The moving block is automatically aligned with the knob cap by making a corner of the inner peripheral edge in a ring-shaped front wall be in contact with the inclined surface. There can be obtained the knob in which the moving block can be freely cut in thickness, and the knob cap and the moving block can be aligned with each other without use of an adhesive agent accompanied by any dirt or operation jobs and unified without an axial gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2010
    Publication date: February 17, 2011
    Applicant: Niles Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taiichirou Ikeda
  • Patent number: 7886838
    Abstract: A hammer comprising: a body; a tool holder mounted on the body for holding a cutting tool; a handle, comprising a grip portion, pivotally mounted on the body about an axis of pivot; a first vibration dampener which connects between the handle and the body and which reduces the amount of angular vibrations transmitted from the body to the handle; a motor mounted within the body; a hammer mechanism mounted in the body, capable of being driven by the motor when the motor is activated, the hammer mechanism, when driven, imparting impacts onto a cutting tool when held by the tool holder; wherein at least the grip portion of the handle is also slideably mounted on the body so that the position of the grip portion can be linearly moved relative to the body; and there is further provided a second vibration dampener located between the grip portion and the body which reduces the amount of linear vibrations transmitted from the body to the grip portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventor: Norbert Hahn
  • Publication number: 20110030173
    Abstract: An attachment for clutchingly covering a major portion of a handle of a plunger, enhancing grip of the handle of the plunger, and absorbing shock from repeated thrusts of the plunger. The attachment includes an end cap and a sleeve. The end cap covers the free end of the handle of the plunger and absorbs the shock from the repeated thrusts of the plunger. The sleeve depends from the end cap, clutchingly covers the major portion of the handle of the plunger, and enhances the grip of the handle of the plunger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2010
    Publication date: February 10, 2011
    Inventor: Kenneth Overgaard
  • Patent number: 7875027
    Abstract: Embodiments of a handle for use in a surgical tool that uses electricity is disclosed. In one embodiment, the handle is autoclaveable and reusable, and includes connections between an electrical cable (e.g. for providing electrical energy and/or transmitting electrical signals) and an operating end of the tool. An insert member having arms for stripping wire or cable electrically connects the cable and the operating end of the tool, and a set screw may be provided to hold the cable in place. A clip member may also be provided to hold the handle to the rest of the tool. Method for using and assembling handle embodiments are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.
    Inventors: Julien Prevost, James P. Duncan
  • Patent number: 7866004
    Abstract: A handle adaptor for transport carts includes a block-shaped lower member with first, second, third and fourth upper surfaces with inner edges. The inner edges are disposed below the inner edges of the first and second upper surfaces. A fifth upper surface is formed the inner edges and coextensively shaped posts are monolithically formed with the outside faces of the lower member. The posts have apertures formed in distal ends. A block-shaped upper member has lower surfaces with a passageway surrounding the proximal ends of the handles of the transport. The upper member further includes a curved flange with a groove that receives and captures an extension. The upper and lower members have passageways. A support plate includes a bracket with threaded shafts and a centrally registered slot. A cover has threaded aperture and a centrally registered slot. The adjustably pivoting mechanism includes a plurality of cotter pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Inventor: Jim Hermann
  • Patent number: 7866048
    Abstract: A rotatable rear hand grip (3) is releasably locked at a desired rotational position by operation of a control lever member (4). The power hand tool includes: a tool body (1) including an engine for generating driving power used for performing work; a front hand grip (2) fixed to the tool body; a rear hand grip including: a control lever member coupled to the engine for controlling an output of the engine; a supporting mechanism for supporting the rear hand grip rotationally about an axis (AX) between the tool body and the rear hand grip; a locking mechanism for locking the rear hand grip at one rotational position about the axis in response to the control lever member; and a controlling mechanism (4d) for allowing the control lever member to control the output of the engine after the locking mechanism locks the rear hand grip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Yamabiko Corporation
    Inventors: Hisao Kodama, Syuuji Satou
  • Patent number: 7861373
    Abstract: An assemblable jerk handle for a lanyard cord including in one embodiment a base portion having a center channel with interior progressive teeth for receiving the lanyard cord and a cap portion for permanently snap-fitting to the base portion to securely grip and therefore retain the lanyard cord within the base portion. In another embodiment, the assemblable jerk handle comprises a base portion having a center channel positioned therethrough for receiving a bifurcated plug that receives the lanyard cord therein and forcibly closes about the lanyard cord to securely grip and therefore retain the lanyard cord within the base portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Halkey-Roberts Corporation
    Inventor: Lyman W. Fawcett, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100319161
    Abstract: A handle includes a bottom wall and two side walls extending up from the bottom wall. Ribs extend between the walls and define upwardly open recesses. The smooth surfaces of the side walls and bottom wall provide a more comfortable handle for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 23, 2010
    Inventor: Nathan Manuel
  • Patent number: 7854034
    Abstract: A brush includes a head section having a scrubbing area and a handle section coupled to and extending from the head section. The handle section includes a proximal segment, a distal segment coupled to the head section, and a recess segment positioned between the proximal segment and the distal segment. The recess segment includes a recess having a first sidewall and an opposite second sidewall. The recess includes a center point between the first sidewall and the second sidewall. The proximal segment extends from a free end of the handle section to the center point and the distal segment extends from the center point to the head section. The weight of the proximal segment of the handle section balances the combined weight of the distal segment of the handle section and head section when the recess is placed on a dividing wall of a double sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventor: John L. Welsh
  • Patent number: 7854040
    Abstract: A portable, compact germ barrier for protecting a person from direct contact with an unsanitary surface, such as a doorknob, a toilet handle, or the like, is disclosed. A flexible fabric web is fixed to a plurality of stiffening rods that are each pivotally connected at a proximal end thereof to an actuating mechanism fixed through a central aperture of the web. The actuating mechanism includes an actuator for moving the ribs between a closed and an open position. In use, the person manually actuates the actuator, causing the actuating mechanism to pivot each of the ribs from the closed position into the open position. When in the open position, the germ barrier may be used to grasp the surface through the web, preventing direct contact between the person and the surface. The germ barrier is portable, compact, easy to use and it may be kept close-by, such as on a keychain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Inventor: Ferdinand Ramos
  • Publication number: 20100299855
    Abstract: A control apparatus for a work object having a member with a substantially convoluted configuration such that it can be disposed in an operational position in contact with the work object in at least two points of contact to retain the control apparatus substantially in an operational position relative to the work object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2009
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: William D. Megeath
  • Patent number: 7836557
    Abstract: Handles allow hand tools, implements or other utensils to operate within their arc of natural use, motion and attack without requiring extension, flexion, radial deviation, or ulnar deviation of the wrist from the neutral plane of the forearm. The preferred embodiments further include a grip shaped to increase the effectiveness of the tool and minimize antagonism between muscles and tendons of the wrist, forearm and upper arm, while maximizing the effectiveness of the gripping force delivered to it by the user. Maintaining the wrist and forearm in a neutral position increases a tool user's potential strength by increasing the synergy between large muscles of the forearm and upper arm and shoulders. It also decreases compression of the tendons and nerves in the carpal tunnel and between the wrist and forearm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: Radius Garden LLC
    Inventor: Bruce Baker
  • Publication number: 20100281651
    Abstract: The description relates to a handle shell to be installed in an opening in a thin wall such as a sheet-metal door leaf, a side wall of a sheet-metal cabinet, or the like, with a flange part, fastening elements proceeding from or being received in the flange part for fastening the flange part to the thin wall, and with a shell part. According to the invention, the flange part and shell part are two separate structural component parts, the flange part has a first flange supported on the edge of the opening in the thin wall, and the shell part of the handle shell has another flange which is enclosed in such a way by the first flange part after being installed that it extends between the thin wall and the first flange part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Publication number: 20100275661
    Abstract: A lock (20) includes an operational device (35) having a disc (112) mounted to an inner side (16) of a door (10). A sleeve (70) is rotatably received in the disc (112) and includes an axial hole (78) having non-circular cross sections that are not changed after rotating 180°. A linking rod (106) includes an inner end (110) engaged in a hole (24) of a drive member (22) in a case (21) mounted in the door (10). A cover (58) is mounted around the disc (112) and includes a pivot hole (64). A handle (38) includes a pivotal portion (40) and a drive portion (42) formed on an end face of the pivotal portion (40). The drive portion (42) has cross sections the same as the axial hole (78) of the sleeve (70). The pivotal portion is (40) pivotably received in the pivot hole (64) of the cover (58). The drive portion (42) is engaged in the axial hole (78) of the sleeve (70).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2009
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventor: Chung-Liang Lin
  • Patent number: 7818847
    Abstract: An arm-supporting apparatus, for assisting a user to transport an existing object between remote locations, includes a spring member having a unitary and single body. The assembly includes a brace which has solid top and bottom surfaces. The brace includes a bracket section statically attached to a brace portion of the existing object and the spring member in such a manner that the spring member remains anchored to the bracket section during operating conditions. The bracket section includes an elongated base plate which has an arcuate shape conforming to a contour of the existing handle. The assembly further includes a plurality of fastening assemblies penetrated through the top and base plates as well as the existing handle for statically mating the bracket section to a curvature of the existing handle while allowing the U-shaped proximal segment to resiliently oscillate along the arcuate path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2010
    Inventor: Jim Hermann
  • Publication number: 20100263215
    Abstract: Each of handles of a pair of scissors includes a hard core member and a soft member softer than the core member and including a contact face portion with which a finger of a user comes in contact, a bottomed recessed hole portion adjacent to the contact face portion and thinner than portions around it, and a through hole portion continuous with the bottomed recessed hole portion. When the user inserts and removes his/her fingers into and from finger rings, the contact face portions escape while compressing the through hole portions and the contact face portions tilt by using the bottomed recessed hole portions as fulcrums. Moreover, the bottomed recessed hole portions and the through hole portions continuous with each other are molded, which allows an elastic deformation property and a shape retaining property of the contact face portions to go together and also contributes to durability of the soft members including the contact face portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2010
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: KOKUYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Youichi Hanakawa
  • Publication number: 20100257697
    Abstract: A handle has at least one fastening plate or holding part which can be fastened in a through-hole in a thin wall such as a sheet-metal wall by means of snap devices. According to the invention, the fastening plate forms or carries a pivot bearing for the at least one end of a handle, or the like, which is bent, for example, from a round material such as thick wire, this end having a round cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2008
    Publication date: October 14, 2010
    Inventor: Dieter Ramsauer
  • Patent number: 7810216
    Abstract: A handle connection for a manual utensil or tool, whereby the implement (2) has a biconical through-hole and there is a handle head (1) on the handle with an exterior surface that matches the surface of the hole in which it is inset. The handle head (1) presents an interior hole (40), at the outlet (31) of which in the outgoing angle zone (Z2) there is a wedge (5) that, when pressure is applied to this outgoing angle zone (Z2), makes the zone fit flush with the hole. It has a fastening screw (7), the body of which (16) passes through the wedge (5), and it is screwed by threads (15 and 151) directly/indirectly to the head of the handle (1), which screw has a head (9) that directly/indirectly abuts against the implement (2) such that the head of the handle (1) works like a nut with respect to the fastening screw (7).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2010
    Inventors: Pedro Jose Zubiaurre, Manuel M Zubiaurre