Patent ID: 6345793
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: F16C

Abstract:
A flexible rotatable device for transmitting tension, compression, and torque, comprising:a cable being flexible and having a pair of ends; a plurality of links being threaded on said cable, in end-to-end relationship; a worked end operatively connected to one of said pair of ends of said cable; and a working end operatively connected to another one of said pair of end of said cable, wherein said worked end comprises a handle that is operatively connected to said one end pair of ends of said cable for embracing by a user, wherein said handle is slender, elongated, extends axially from said one of said pair of ends of said cable, and has: a proximal end; and a distal end, wherein said handle further has a throughbore that extends axially therethrough, from said proximal end thereof, to said distal end thereof, wherein said throughbore in said handle is generally circular in lateral cross section, except a portion thereof that is square in lateral section.