Abstract: A multi-appendage device for holding, suspending, or gripping an object. The device includes: a body, and a plurality of flexible appendages attached to and extending from the body. Each appendage in turn includes an elongate integral piece of molded material, and an elongate integral piece of material that is located within an interior of the elongate integral piece of molded material, and that is generally flexible and inelastic. In accordance with this aspect, each appendage is bendable into various different shapes and is generally inelastic so as to remain in a shape into which it is bent. Preferably, the device further includes an add-on component that attaches to the body to extend from a top of the body and serve as a handle. Alternatively or additionally, the add-on component may include a light, a storage compartment, or both.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 18, 2015
Date of Patent:
January 23, 2018
Assignee:
OctoGrip, LLC
Inventors:
Donna Rena Lowry, Raeshon Lamont McNeil, Juan Carlos Perez, Nicholas Preston Baker, Heyward Alexander Moore
Abstract: A multi-appendage device for holding, suspending, or gripping an object. The device includes: a body, and a plurality of flexible appendages attached to and extending from the body. Each appendage in turn includes an elongate integral piece of molded material, and an elongate integral piece of material that is located within an interior of the elongate integral piece of molded material, and that is generally flexible and inelastic. In accordance with this aspect, each appendage is bendable into various different shapes and is generally inelastic so as to remain in a shape into which it is bent. Preferably, the device further includes an add-on component that attaches to the body to extend from a top of the body and serve as a handle. Alternatively, or additionally, the add-on component may include a light, a storage compartment, or both.
Type:
Application
Filed:
February 18, 2016
Publication date:
January 19, 2017
Applicant:
Octogrip, LLC
Inventors:
Donna Rena LOWRY, Raeshon Lamont MCNEIL, Juan Carlos Perez, Nicholas Preston Baker, Heyward Alexander Moore