Patent ID: 7540219
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: B67B

Abstract:
1. A multipurpose gripping band for assisting a user to overcome an initial frictional force associated with an existing lid secured to an existing jar, said multipurpose gripping band comprising: a body formed from elastic material and being resiliently adapted to directly and firmly engage an outer surface of the existing lid, wherein said body comprises means for maintaining a non-skid resistive engagement with the outer surface of the existing lid in such a manner that a user is able to exert a sufficient torque along said body to overcome the initial frictional force and thereby remove the existing lid from the existing jar; wherein said non-skid resistive engagement means comprises a plurality of protrusions coupled to said body and equidistantly juxtaposed about an entire circumference thereof such that a plurality of equidistantly spaced troughs are intermediately formed between said protrusions respectively; wherein said protrusions and said troughs cooperate to defined a plurality of shoulders against which a user maintains a grip for preventing undesirable slippage during operating conditions; wherein said non-skid resistive engagement means further comprises: a plurality of chambers formed within respective interiors of said protrusions and the outer surface of the existing lid respectively, each of said chambers being hollow and isolated from an adjacent one of said chambers respectively; wherein each of said chambers comprises wherein said protrusions are formed from deformably resilient material for maintaining a continuous and direct abutment with a proximal end of said cam in such a manner that said cam is radially urged inwardly and towards the outer surface of the existing lid when an outer wall of said protrusions is pressed inwardly along the horizontal plane to thereby adapt and directly engage a distal end of said cam against the outer surface of the existing lid and further to prevent premature slippage between said body and the existing lid; wherein said cam automatically returns to a disengaged position from the exiting lid when said outer wall of said protrusion is released and returned to equilibrium.