Patent ID: 7963864
Filing Date: 2011-06-21
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. In combination with a handle of an implement when said handle is to be manually swung in motion or lifted by the hand of a human with the hand gripping and squeezing said handle, the hand comprising a palm bordered outwardly (or forwardly) by an outside transverse crease extending from between an index finger and a middle finger downward to join a lower transverse crease at a ring finger hollow, the combined creases being a shift line, the shift line bordered outwardly by the knuckles of a little finger, a ring finger and partially the middle finger, the palm bordered upwardly (or above) by a lower web, inwardly by a lifeline contouring a lower thumb base, and downwardly (or below) by a tough ball with a fleshy bulge adjacent the lower transverse crease and a lower tough ball at the lowest area of the hand (bottom) and inwardly from the tough ball a fleshy heel adjacent a wrist, thence upward and outward of the fleshy heel is a bony heel (hamate bone in the carpal area), directly inward of the bony heel at the wrist is a wrist hollow, upward of the lower web is an upper web seen from the rear of the hand, a rear portion of the upper web becomes a muscular ridge during phase three and four gripping creating a noticeable pocket area being a web pocket within the upper web forward of the muscular ridge, the palm composed of a sensitive mid-palm consisting of the index and middle finger tendons and a less sensitive palm (or ring finger trough) being a concave area extending inward from the ring finger hollow to the bony heel and a bony (but tough) lifeline (or lower lifeline) extending to the wrist hollow, a thumb knuckle is known as the thumb second joint, the thumb's area of attachment to the hand at the carpal area being a thumb third joint, within the lower tough ball below the lower transverse crease and above the little finger bone exists a primary contact recess, the area adjacent, outward and slightly upward of the primary contact recess is a fleshy portion of the little finger knuckle which becomes bulky during gripping and further compacted by upward pressure on the lower tough ball, both areas being major anchoring areas, the hand area below the palm being the lower hand, the hand area above the palm being the upper hand, the distance between the top and bottom of the hand being hand width, the hand area outward of the shift line being the outer hand, the hand area inward of the shift line being the inner hand, interiorly or being internal is deeper in the hand, or the hand moving interiorly is rearward toward the back of the hand, moving exteriorly or being external is extending away from the front of the hand, the hand having a grip, the grip moving through different phases in swinging a baseball bat, the bat creating an internal and upward force within the hand known as inertial handle force beginning at the start of the swing being phase one, phase one (or relaxed grip) characterized by partial tightening of the grip with the handle held against the knuckles adjacent or outward of the hand's shift line, a phase two characterized by further tightening outside of the hand's shift line with the inner hand pivoting downward and outward (forward), the lower tough ball tucking partially under the handle with the hand in a more cocked position, the upper hand somewhat tilting and pivoting in a clockwise motion (top hand tilt) attempting to maintain finger control of said inertial handle, the outer hand moving rearward relative to the inner hand, an exception to said phase two clockwise motion being the little finger knuckle attempting to move inward and downward (closing) against said inertial handle force creating a little knuckle phase two position, a phase three wherein the inner hand un-cocks moving forward and upwardly, the upper hand reversing to a counter clockwise motion, the thumb drawing toward the handle reducing space between the handle and the hand, and a phase four or full grip as the hand tightens “accordion-style” to its strongest gripping strength with the inner hand moving forward as little as ⅛ inch further compacting the tendons within the palm, a hand accessory consisting of an upper hand grip in the upper hand and a lower hand grip in the lower hand, the two spaced apart in the area of the hand's sensitive mid-palm, said hand accessory designed to receive force from the pressure of a primarily straight, rounded handle and dissipate said force over a broader area of the hand and channel said force in a greater degree to the lower hand and lesser degree to the upper hand than without said hand accessory, portions of the exterior side of said hand accessory in the receiving area of said handle arcing upwardly and partially surrounding and receiving force from a circumferential area of the handle, however the main line of contact receiving the most direct pressure from said handle being a tangent line, said tangent line extending between a primary contact area within a bridge and an outer web anchor, said primary contact area within said bridge being within said lower hand grip, said outer web anchor being within said upper hand grip, the outer edge of said bridge being adjacent, outward and exterior of the hand's lower transverse crease, a lower portion of said outer edge of said bridge integral with a lower portion of said bridge and extending downward arcing externally of the hand's lower tough ball, said area arcing externally of the hand's lower tough ball being said primary contact area, said outer web anchor resting adjacent the hand's upper transverse crease, the outer (more external) portion of said outer web anchor contouring the index knuckle, the inner portion of said outer web anchor pressing within the outer area of the hand's upper web, the handle resting on said primary contact area and said outer web anchor bridging over the palm of the hand, the handle being braced and cushioned at said tangent line above sensitive joints and tendons of the hand, the combined area of said lower portion of said outer edge of said bridge and said integral lower portion of said bridge arcing downwardly wrapping around the lower tough ball being said primary contact area, said primary contact area located partially below the hand, the interior of said primary contact area (below the hand) being an enclosed space formed by surrounding structure, said enclosed space to be known as a handle space, said outer web anchor thickening at its uppermost area in the hand's upper web angling at roughly ninety degrees to the back of the hand pressing snuggly into the upper web under pressure of an external glove as an upper web relocation press, the lowest portion of said primary contact area being an arcing edge, said arcing edge being the upper edge (most exterior edge) of a fulcrum platform, said arcing edge being the lower edge of a lever integral with said bridge, said arcing edge creating an angle of attachment between said lever integral with said bridge and said fulcrum platform, said lever extending inward to the hand's heel line, said arcing edge arcing exteriorly of (below) the lower tough ball, said fulcrum platform at said angle of attachment extending rearward, interiorly and upwardly toward the back of the hand, said fulcrum platform enclosing the lower tough ball and acting as an anchor and a fulcrum, the interior of said fulcrum platform thickening along and adjacent the rearward edge of said fulcrum platform as a fulcrum ridge, said fulcrum ridge pressing into the hand's primary contact recess anchoring said fulcrum platform and displacing the fleshy, muscular lower tough ball upwardly/exteriorly partially creating the hand's relocated fleshy ridge compacted within a phase two fleshy relocation channel, said relocation channel being the interior of said arcing edge, said fulcrum platform supporting said primary contact area such that the handle at said primary contact area may depress said primary contact area into said handle space without impinging (blocking) phase two movement of the tough ball and inner hand, said surrounding structure of said handle space dispersing said force to the lower tough ball, said lever being an extension of said primary contact area, said lever extending inwardly along the hand's tough ball to the hand's heel line, within said upper hand grip said upper web relocation press extending forward/externally adjacent the thumb past the thumb second joint as a thumb/handle spacer, thence partially encircling the thumb as a thumb joint anchor, a deflector extending downwardly and outwardly from said thumb joint anchor, a thumb harness below, adjacent and integral with said deflector extending downwardly and outwardly from said deflector to the hand's lifeline, said outer web anchor within said upper web relocation press extending down along the hand's lifeline as a lifeline anchor, said lifeline anchor joining said thumb harness.