Abstract: A moldable hand grip and method of forming the grip using a light curable moldable material. The moldable material is wrapped around a handle of a hand held implement. Pressure is then applied with the hand of a user to mold the moldable material while the temperature of the material is at ambient temperature. Light is applied to the molded material to cure the material and form a custom grip.

Abstract: A D-shaped grip handle for use with a hand manipulated implement includes a generally U-shaped portion having an integral mounting sleeve for mounting the grip handle on the end of a shaft and having a hand grip bar integrally formed with the U-shaped portion so as to be disposed substantially transverse to the longitudinal axis of the mounting sleeve. The grip bar has a layer of soft rubber material, such as thermoplastic rubber, formed circumferentially thereon so as to create a pattern of spaced raised pads along approximately one-half of the circumference of the soft rubber layer, with the remaining half of said circumference defining a continuous smooth grip surface having an undulating contour to receive the fingers of the user's hand.

Abstract: A mason's hand tool includes a blade, a handle, and a head cap. The blade is fastened with one end of the handle. The handle has a head end opposite to the one end of the handle. The head cap is fastened with the head end. The handle and the head cap are made integrally of a plastic material by injection molding. The head cap has a plurality of protrusions which are anchored in the head end of the handle.

Abstract: A handle for tools such as screwdrivers where an end region is shaped as a smooth rounded surface and made by injection molding in multiple steps from at least two differently colored plastic materials, which are tactilely indistinct, to form a visible marking for identification of the tool.

Abstract: A handle which can be permanently attached to a separate blow-molded plastic container. The handle has a contoured portion which comfortably confronts the palm and fingers of a hand of a person lifting the container. The handle is lightweight, injection molded in simple molds, and stackable in a uniform manner so that a stack of the handles can be efficiently stored, transported, and readily machine fed to automated handle-to-bottle attachment equipment. The handle may also be made from recycled plastic for food application.

Abstract: An ergonomic hand grip is provided for use with a wide variety of devices and equipment such as ski poles and bicycle handlebars. In a basic illustrated form, the grip has an elongated base that is contoured so that, when gripped, the thumb is bent and the hand and wrist are in a neutral position. In the neutral position, the hand is not cocked or hyper-extended, but rather is generally aligned with the forearm. In particular, a thumb support is provided adjacent to one end of the base to position and support the thumb in the bent position. The base is also provided with suitable depressions and/or recessed areas to receive enlarged portions of the gripping hand to cause the knuckles to be in generally linear alignment. Further, the end of the base opposite the thumb support is reduced in size to allow disproportionately more contraction of the lowermost two fingers, and primarily the lowermost or little finger.

Abstract: The present invention is a one-piece hand-held gardening tool comprising a rigid, high strength tool portion to be used as an implement in gardening activities and a rigid, high strength annular handle portion to be manually grasped when the tool portion is used as an implement in gardening activities. The handle portion and the tool portion are molded integrally together from a molten material which provides the rigid, high strength tool portion and the rigid, high strength annular handle portion with suitable strength and rigidity for use in gardening activities when solidified. The handle portion has a hollow cavity surrounded by an annular, outer wall. The hollow cavity is formed in the handle portion by injecting pressurized gas into the molten material from which the rigid, high strength tool portion and the rigid, high strength annular handle portion are integrally molded before the solidification thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a gripping device for a hand held article. The gripping device has an encasement assembly for fitting on a hand grip portion of the article. The encasement assembly contains a controllable fluid, such as magnetorheological and electrorheological fluids. The gripping device also has an activating assembly for selectively applying a field to the controllable fluid to change its Theological behavior, e.g., increasing its viscosity. Thus, the controllable fluid can maintain the shape of the encasement assembly until the activating assembly withdraws the applied field therefrom. The present invention further relates to a manual implement that has the above gripping device fitted thereon and a method for using a manual implement having the above gripping device.

Abstract: A door grip structure includes a door lining applied to a door panel of a vehicular door. The door lining is provided with an integrally formed grip inner (i.e., formed in a unitary body therewith). The grip inner is fixed to the door panel by screwing two bolts which are inserted through the upper and lower portions of the grip inner, to the door panel. The bolts are covered so that they cannot be seen, by fixing a grip outer to the outer surface of the grip inner. The door grip structure of the present invention both secures rigidity of the vehicular door grip and improves the external appearance of the door grip.

Abstract: A handle assembly having a one piece molded handle that is mounted to an extension tube and that has an integrated switch for use with a floor supported appliance is provided. The handle includes a loop-shaped grip portion, an elongated portion in which an extension tube is mounted, and a switch mounting port for mounting the switch in the handle. The handle includes a minimum number of parts and does not require fasteners for mounting it to the extension tube. A method for making the handle is also provided.

Abstract: An improved process for producing integral, composite handles having cushioned comfort grips, for appliances such as electric steam irons, comprising a first step of injection molding a one-piece handle substrate of strong, rigid, resinous composition having the desired predetermined shape and design, including a recessed, wrap-around area corresponding to the area of the handle which will be gripped by the hand of the eventual user of appliance. The present process comprises a second step of injection molding an integral, outer, soft, contoured layer of foamed resin into the recessed, wrap-around area of the rigid plastic handle substrate, to form a smooth, compressible, comfort grip surface area of the composite handle for engagement with the hand of the user.

Abstract: A method of making a composite plastic knob including the steps of forming a plastic core having a front wall of a generally uniform thickness with an integral discernible window portion formed in a fin projecting outwardly of the front wall and with the window having a thickness less than the generally uniform thickness of the front wall; positioning an anvil in the core in supporting engagement with the window portion of the fin and injection molding an outer covering of an opaque plastic of a contrasting color over the front wall of the core except for the window portion of the fin thereof. The knob includes a plastic core having a front wall of generally uniform thickness and an integral portion of a window formed in a fin projecting outwardly of the front wall. The window is thinner than the front wall of the core.

Abstract: A method of making a hand grip including positioning within a mold cavity a tubular member having a sidewall with at least one opening in the sidewall, and injecting fluid resilient material into the cavity and between the tubular member and a core. The method further includes flowing a portion of the liquid resilient material through the opening to form a raised portion that protrudes through the opening in the tubular member, and curing the resilient material. The flowing step comprises flowing fluid resilient material through both the opening and through the open end, and onto the outer surface of the tubular member adjacent the peripheries of the opening and open end such that the resilient material is mechanically coupled to the tubular member adjacent both the opening and the open end.

Abstract: A tool handle (3) in which a handle part (5) is made from a material with a Shore hardness of at least 70 and a thumb and/or finger rests (6, 8) which is integral with the handle part (5) is made from a material having a Shore hardness of no more than 60. The thumb and/or finger rests (6, 8) are molecularly bonded, or integrated into the handle part (5) by a two-component molding process.

Abstract: Rotatable hand tools such as screwdrivers utilize a coextruded tool handle which provides a comfortably grip. The handle has an extruded body formed of a rigid synthetic resin with a uniform cross section over most of the length of its grip portion. Extending axially over the length of the grip portion is a multiplicity of coextruded peripherally spaced stripes of a synthetic resin which is substantially softer than that of the body, and these stripes are firmly bonded to the body.

Abstract: A tool handgrip includes a core having two or more spaced longitudinal ridges secured to the outer peripheral portion of the core. The longitudinal ridges each includes a thickness ranging from 1 mm to 6 mm and each includes a hardness less than that of the core. The hardness of the longitudinal ridges ranges from SHORE A 35 to 75. The longitudinal ridges each includes one or more projections extended inward of the core or each includes a step ladder shaped surface for engaging with a corresponding step ladder shaped surface of the core for solidly securing the longitudinal ridges to the core.

Abstract: A composite knob having a core formed of a hard plastic material and an outer covering of a softer plastic material. The core includes a front wall with an integral bent around skirt, a hub and an axially rearwardly extending stanchion. The softer plastic material covers the outer surface of the front wall and integral bent around skirt of the core. A narrow passage extends through the front wall, the bent around skirt and the outer covering and leads to the stanchion. A position indicator of contrasting color relative to the softer plastic material is inserted in the narrow passage and has a detent to engage the end of the stanchion to lock the position indicator in place with a portion thereof extending above the outer covering of the knob.

Abstract: A power tool having a detachable arrangement of an auxiliary handle relative to a main body. The main body has a handle receiving portion. The auxiliary handle has a grip portion and an insertion portion engageable with the handle receiving portion. The insertion portion extends from the grip portion and includes an upper flat surface provided with a protrusion, and a lower arcuate surface. The insertion portion also includes a resilient latch. The receiving portion is provided by a hole having a top flat surface, a lower flat surface and a bottom surface. The top flat surface is formed with an indentation engageable with the protrusion. The base end of the arcuate surface is engageable with the lower flat surface. The lower flat surface is formed with a further recess with which the resilient latch is engageable.

Abstract: A utensil having a blade and handle portion that resists damage from the heat generated in cooking. The blade portion made of a rubber silicone compound which resists melting, burning, cracking, discoloring, or permanently bending, even under vigorous cooking situations. The handle is made of a heat-resistant glass reinforced PBT resin which is not susceptible to melting, scorching, absorbing odors, or discoloring. In addition, the molding process between the handle and the blade resists separation of the two parts and eliminates gaps which could house bacteria.

Abstract: A composite knob having an elongated, cylindrical, inner core molded of a relatively stiff plastic and a partial outer covering of a soft resilient plastic molded to the inner core. Anchoring cavities are provided in ribs of the inner core to receive plugs of the soft plastic of the outer covering to anchor the outer covering to the inner core. In a modified embodiment, the ribs are tapered axially rearwardly and the outer covering is formed with rib-like extensions to engage said tapered ribs.

Abstract: A composite knob having a core formed of a hard plastic material and an outer covering of a softer plastic material. The core includes a front wall with an integral bent around skirt, a hub and an axially rearwardly extending stanchion. The softer plastic material covers the outer surface of the front wall and integral bent around skirt of the core. A narrow passage extends through the front wall, the bent around skirt and the outer covering and leads to the stanchion. A position indicator of contrasting color relative to the softer plastic material is inserted in the narrow passage and has a detent to engage the end of the stanchion to lock the position indicator in place with a portion thereof extending above the outer covering of the knob.

Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet and an access door with a front and sides. A door handle includes an elongated base portion extending along one side of the door and an elongated grasping portion overlapping and spaced forward of the door front. A first recess is formed on the door side of the distal edge of the grasping portion of the handle and a second recess is formed on the door side of the handle and spaced from the first recess. An elongated liner of soft feel, wear resistant material is received in the recesses and extends across the grasping portion.

Abstract: An indicator panel for an elevator car has a door behind which an emergency calling device is located for users of the elevator. The door is opened and closed by a door handle attached to the outer surface of the door. The handle has a body with a raised printed character formed on a front surface for identifying the emergency calling device. An enlarged lower portion of the front surface is formed by an outwardly extending flange spaced from a rear surface of the body and serving as a door operating aid. A raised information aid is formed on the enlarged lower portion and includes at least one Braille character identifying the emergency calling device. A further door operating aid is a recess formed in the rear surface of the body for retaining a pencil or the like. The body and the printed character can be formed by molding different color materials with the printed character extending from a cavity formed in the rear surface through an aperture in the front surface.

Abstract: A discharge chute assembly (30) includes a chute (32) and a pivotal deflector (34), the overlapping end portions of which define a partial spherical or bail joint (40) which maintains a tight seal against backflow and leakage over the entire range of rotation and deflection of the assembly. The assembly (30) is preferably secured to a rotatable base (54) by means of lower pivots (70) and a releasable fastener (72) for collapsibility.

Abstract: A laundry basket is disclosed, comprising four sides (4) and a bottom (5) which define an internal chamber (8). A handle opening (10) is formed in at least one of the sidewalls, proximate an upper rim (6). A handle body (12) spans the opening (10), along the rim (6). A gripping member (14) attaches to an underside of the handle body by overlapping flanges (18, 28). The gripping member (14) is upwardly concave, of relatively larger radius of curvature than the downwardly concave handle body (12). Together, the gripping member and handle body comprise a cylindrical handle assembly. The gripping member (14) is formed to provide spaced apart gripping ribs (26). Gripping ribs (26) are co-extruded with the gripping member (14), but are formed of relatively softer plastic material. Reinforcement walls (22) extend downward from the handle body (12) into the gripping member (14) and abut thereagainst for reinforcement.

Abstract: An umbrella handle has an aperture at one end into which an umbrella shaft can be inserted. The handle has a sleeve-shaped integral axial extension on the shaft side for receiving a tip-cup to be slidably mounted thereon, the sleeve having an abutment over which a tip-cup can be passed before assembly of the handle to an umbrella shaft, to prevent the tip-cup sliding off the extension along the shaft after assembly.

Abstract: A disposable plastic handle and shield in the form of a first embodiment including a unitary injection molded hollow handle with a threaded upper end portion for engagement with a threaded receptacle on the luminaire of a hospital operating room. An integral, generally circular shield is connected to the handle between the threaded upper end portion and a lightly knurled portion of the handle. The shield includes a pair of spaced apart grooves on its underside, one on each side of the handle serving as live hinges and defining a pair of segments capable of being folded down against the knurled handle or upward against the threaded end of the handle to facilitate packaging. A second embodiment has a shield similar to the first embodiment but which is separate from, rather than integral with, the plastic handle.

Abstract: A cushioned grip having a unitary tubular-shaped body portion with an asymmetrical off-center cross-sectional shape. The asymmetrical off-center shape provides increased cushioning on portions thereof while retaining a moderate sized circumference. The asymmetrical cross-sectional shape provides a first portion having a first thickness of cushioning material, a second portion having a second lower thickness of cushioning material and a third portion of further reduced thickness of cushioning material. The third portion of cushioning is provided with a flat surface to provide a positive and solid feel to the fingers while grabbing the grip. The center's curvature defined by the outside of the cross-sectional shape of the grip is displaced from the center of the inside portion which is generally circular and adapted to receive a hard round member such as a bicycle handlebar to be cushioned.

Abstract: According to this invention a composite razor handle having a rigid inner core of thermoplastic material and a moldable flexible resilient covering layer is provided. This flexible convering layer because of its flexibility, compressibility and initial deformability provides a comfortable secure surface for the razor user. The handle of this invention, due to its bicomponent nature, provides a limit for compressibility as well as the compressive resilience desirable by many users.

Abstract: A two-piece door handle for refrigerators and freezers is mounted on the edge of the doors by two fasteners. The handle includes a plastic molded part and a metal stamping. The plastic molded part provides a recess in which the entire metal stamping is positioned. Shoulders surrounding the recess engage all of the edges of the metal stamping, obscuring them from view and preventing user contact with such edges. The recessing of the metal stamping eliminates the need to provide a finish coating on the edges of the metal stamping. The molded plastic part provides a mounting flange portion positioned between a mounting flange portion on the metal stamping and the associated door. Therefore, metal-to-metal contact is prevented. The two pieces of the handle are easily snapped together as an assembly and are easily installed on the associated door.

Abstract: A grip of a golf club according to the present invention prevents slipping, when the grip is grasped by a hand opposite to a whip hand, by applying an area having a plurality of projections to the area of the grip corresponding to the respective bases of the middle finger, the ring finger and the little finger of the palm of the hand opposite to said whip hand and to the palm located on the extension of the neighborhood of the base of the little finger of said palm. Also, since there is an area where a plurality of projections or dents are formed being separated independently one by one. Accordingly, when the whole of the element body of the grip is ground from the surface in a uniform depth, the fiber is exposed in the area having a plurality of plane portions and the fiber is not exposed in the area having a plurality of jogs. In this area where the fiber is exposed, a moderate non-slip effect is obtainable and soft grip feeling is presented.

Abstract: An assist strap is provided for attachment within spaced apart apertures on a vehicle body. The strap has mounting portions at the end thereof which space the strap from the vehicle body. Attaching legs are provided on each of the mounting portions and are adapted to extend through the apertures, each of the attaching legs having a foot at the end thereof projecting toward the opposite end of the strap so that the space between the feet is less than the spacing between the spaced apart apertures. The strap is constructed to permit flexure of the strap inwardly toward the body so that the feet of the attaching legs spread further apart than the spaced apart apertures of the body to permit insertion of the feet into the apertures whereby subsequent return of the strap to the normal spaced relation from the body causes the feet to engage with the body and thereby attach the assist strap on the body without the need for fasteners.

Abstract: An outer door handle, for example for a vehicle, includes a stationary casing fixed to the door and a handle member movably mounted on the door adjacent the case and connected to the opening mechanism of the door. In order to improve appearance of the handle while maintaining good physical strength, either the handle member or casing is composed of a base portion formed of thermoplastic material having glass fibers, and a thin film laminated on the base portion, the thin film lacking glass fibers.

Abstract: A handle for attachment to screen doors and the like is comprised of two identical components, each component being positioned on opposite sides of the screen. Each of the two components has apertures formed in an extended component section for attachment to the frame of a screen door by a nut and bolt arrangement. Each component has a body section extending over the screen. The body section of each component has at least one body section passage. A threaded insert attached in one body section passage permits a screw passing through the body section passage of the screw of the opposite components to couple the two component body sections together. Each body section is structured to permit a user to engage the component manually without difficulty. In the preferred embodiment, the component body sections are fabricated of sufficient size to be easily visible by even casual observation.

Abstract: Hand grips for applying to motorcycles, bicycles, tools, golf clubs, fishing rods, guns, crutches and the like can be custom molded to fit exactly to the contours of the user's hand. The grip is put in place and then heated with a hair dryer. The user grasps the hot grip and then releases it. The hot grip conforms or molds to the shape of the user's hand and retains that conformation upon cooling. The grip may incorporate special surface properties for comfort and adhesive and resilient inner layers for enhanced function.

Abstract: A door handle for a refrigerator has a contoured base member of die cast construction. A longitudinal channel is included in a front portion of the base member. An elongated decorative insert is nested in the channel. Flexible spring clips are staked to stud members integrally cast in the base member and coact with locking tabs on the insert to retain the insert in association with the die cast base. Steel extension base pieces are utilized where a longer than normal door handle assembly is required.

Abstract: A combined pull and carry handle comprises a one-piece part adapted to be retained within an aperture in a panel or the like having a face portion adapted to engage the front of the panel when the one-piece part is retained within the aperture, an opening extending through the one-piece part, a cross-bar disposed across the top of the opening having a channel therein adapted to receive an edge of the panel when the one-piece part is retained within the aperture, a cap adapted to receive the one-piece part therein and sized so as to engage the back of the panel, and a pair of screws for securing the cap to the one-piece part and thereby retaining the one-piece part within the aperture in the panel.

Abstract: An implement handle is made for use by a crippled person, utilizing a cap adapted to receive an end of the implement and an initially flexible bag attached to the cap. Material in the plastic state is inserted into the bag, the material becoming rigid with the passage of time, and the bag is placed into the hand of the crippled person while the material is becoming rigid. The crippled person maintain a substantially constant grip on the bag during this process, whereupon the rigidified handle conforms itself to his particular grip.

Abstract: A knife for professional applications comprising a cutting blade, a body of synthetic plastic material in which the shank of the cutting blade is buried, and a layer of an elastomer at least partially covering the body of synthetic plastic material.

Abstract: Handle (1) attached to a domestic container (2) by means of an adhesive (3) comprises spacing strips or projections (1.2) on the edge of its contact area (1.1), said strips or projections exactly defining the layer thickness of adhesive (3) and ensuring access of ambient air to the adhesive layer through a circumferential laterally open air gap.

Abstract: A handle adapter for hand molding around an existing handle and constructed in a manner enabling the user to shape the external surface of the adapter to conform to the grip of the user's hand. The material to be molded is contained in a pouch having flexible walls and end closures. The size of the pouch is such that the total volume which it could contain is much larger than the volume of the moldable material therein. One half of the pouch has a cross-sectional area smaller than the cross-sectional area of the other half, whereby the smaller cross-section half of the pouch can be pushed inside the larger cross-section half of the pouch and the material therebetween becomes trapped between two concentrically positioned flexible walls. When the walls of the smaller half pouch are supported by a solid structure, the moldable material then envelops such structure.

Abstract: A sterile handle cover is disclosed for covering a lamp handle of a surgical lamp to provide a sterile surface for adjustment of the lamp by an operator. The handle cover comprises a grip portion defined by a first and a second end. An end wall is integrally attached proximate the first end of the grip portion to form a hollow container open at the second end. A protector is connected to the second end of the grip portion and extends radially outwardly for protecting the hand of the operator from contacting portions of the surgical lamp proximate the lamp handle. A plurality of ribs are disposed in the grip portion for frictionally engaging the lamp handle of the surgical lamp to maintain the position of the handle cover thereon.

Abstract: A handle for use with items, such as mops and brooms, which is encapsulated in a heat shrunk PVC plastic tubing to provide a smooth, protective surface around the handle.

Abstract: A powered hair clipper for use in cutting human hair is disclosed. The clipper comprises a tubular housing defining a handle to be grasped by a skillful hand of an operator and having a power driven cutter assembly at its forward end. The housing is provided with finger hooking means projecting outwardly and radially from the rear portion thereof so as to receive therein at least one of the middle, ring, and little fingers of the same hand grasping the clipper. With the help of the finger hooking means, the operator can carry the clipper by one or more fingers of his skillful hand such that the operator has no necessity of turning aside the clipper at each time when the same skillful hand takes over the handle a comb for arranging straggled or disordered hair strands prior to the trimming operation of advancing the clipper.

Abstract: An article of furniture comprising a door and/or a drawer which are openable and closeable by a handle, the handle comprising a hollow elongate body made of a flexible material, a pair of end collar members which are a sliding fit one over each end portion of the body, and a pair of screw members for screwing one into each end portion of the body to secure the body to the door or the drawer with the end collar members abutting the door or the drawer, the end collar members being slideable along the entire length of the body so that the body can be cut to any desired length to fit any existing handle holes in the door or the drawer and to have any desired curvature permitted by the flexible material, the end collar members being a sufficiently tight sliding fit that they act to try and prevent outward expansion of the end portions of the body as the screw members are screwed into position in the end portions of the body so that the end portions become firmly sandwiched between the collar members and the screw

Abstract: The invention provides a molded plastic handle for attachment to the upper end of a heavy duty olefin bag for packaging dry mix and the like, wherein the handle is provided with a hand-engaging opening, has an integrally formed depending skirt of alternating depending portions adapted to be sonically or impulse sealed to the outer surfaces of the upper edge portion of the olefin bag, with each of the depending surfaces so arranged that they do not overlap or correspond position-wise to the skirt depending element on the opposite side of the olefin bag, one of the depending portions being disposed midway along the handle, and a vertical strut being provided connecting the handle top portion to such midway depending portion. The invention also provides integrally formed reinforcing ribs at each side of the handle, on front and back faces, with downwardly bifurcated ends which extend to two end skirt portions, and thereby reinforce such end portions to equalize the load stress on the handle and top of the bag.