Patent ID: 6591455
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: A46B,B25G,B26B,Y10T

Abstract:
A hand held utensil comprising;a head having a face and a tool mounted on said face, a handle having a longitudinal axis and an oblong cross section that is substantially constant along most of said handle, said oblong cross section having a short left surface, a short right surface, a long upper surface and a long lower surface, said long upper surface being rotationally offset from said face, a finger rest extending protuberantly from said handle, said finger rest having a first end further from said head and a second end closer to said head, wherein said finger rest spirals continuously about the longitudinal axis from said first end to said second end, said spiraled finger rest being generally coplanar with said long upper surface at said first end of said finger rest, said spiraled finger rest being generally parallel with said face and protuberantly offset from said handle at the second end of said finger rest, whereby the finger rest provides a continuous surface over which the movement of a user's digit provides leverage or torque to the handle that twists the handle relative to the users hand.