Abstract: A grip aid device for improving writing skills utilizes specific ergonomic and feedback mechanisms to promote an advantageous writing instrument grip and improve intrinsic hand musculature. The grip aid device includes strategically positioned pressure-based buttons, wherein each button interacts with a user's specific finger. The grip aid device features an incentive-based program that encourages the user to properly align their fingers to an approved grasp pattern, wherein simultaneously pressing the buttons causes the writing implement to emerge and become useable.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 19, 2018
Date of Patent:
March 23, 2021
Assignee:
SET Technology LLC
Inventors:
Daniel Elliot, Jessica Scheff, Jared Thurston
Abstract: A grip aid device for improving writing skills utilizes specific ergonomic and feedback mechanisms to promote an advantageous writing instrument grip and improve intrinsic hand musculature. The grip aid device includes strategically positioned pressure-based buttons, wherein each button interacts with a user's specific finger. The grip aid device features an incentive-based program that encourages the user to properly align their fingers to an approved grasp pattern, wherein simultaneously pressing the buttons causes the writing implement to emerge and become useable.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 19, 2018
Publication date:
January 23, 2020
Applicant:
SET Technology LLC
Inventors:
Daniel Elliot, Jessica Scheff, Jared Thurston