Patent ID: 6148482
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: B25G,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for fitting over a handle, the apparatus comprising:an annulus formed of a closed-cell, elastomeric material having a center and being formed to extend in a radial direction with respect to the center, in a longitudinal direction between a base and a head, and in a circumferential direction substantially orthogonal to the longitudinal and radial directions;an inner surface of the annulus formed to receive and contact a handle in substantially circumferentially fixed relation therewith;an outer profile of the annulus along the longitudinal direction;an outer surface forming a plurality of open voids, each void being substantially bounded by a ridge extending radially away from the center, wherein the voids are formed by selectively opening- cells in the closed-cell elastomeric material;the outer surface formed to receive into the void a protrusion of a surface of a hand of a user for engaging the ridge in a circumferential direction; andthe outer surface, wherein the elastomeric material has a coefficient of elasticity selected to depress the ridges into a surface of a hand of a user a distance effective to engage the ridge in a circumferential direction to comfortably support completely a maximum torque selected by and applicable by a user.