Patent ID: 6197392
Filing Date: 2001-03-06
Classification: B25G,B29C,H02G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A grip for a handle of hand-held implement comprising:a elongated annular sleeve formed from an elastomeric material expandable by contact with a dilating chemical composition and shrinkable upon removal of said contact with said chemical composition;said chemical composition comprising a mixture of a C.sub.7 -C.sub.8 aliphatic hydrocarbon component and a fluorocarbon component, both components being liquid and volatile at ambient conditions;said sleeve in chemically expanded state being moveable into disposition around an outer surface of said handle, and covering at least a portion of said outer surface of said handle;whereby when said sleeve is so disposed on said handle and removed from contact with a source of said chemical composition, said chemical composition evaporates from said sleeve and said sleeve thereupon shrinks and at least a portion of said outer surface of said handle to form a tightly fitted and substantially immovable grip secured around said handle, thereby providing a gripping surface for grasping thereof by a user of said implement.