Patent ID: 6719342
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: A45F

Abstract:
A grasping auxiliary for carrying an article or articles comprising a long tubular body formed from a polymer material into a substantially circular shape or a polygonal shape in section perpendicular to a lengthwise direction with a longitudinal notch provided in part, so that a grip portion of an article receptacle can be fitted into said tubular body through said longitudinal notch, whereby the article receptacle can be carried in a state in which an outer peripheral surface of said tubular body has been grasped, whereineach of opposite side ends of said tubular body with said longitudinal notch provided therebetween is formed into a curved-face shape having no corner in order to facilitate the fitting of the grip portion into said tubular body and to moderate the pressure contact of said opposite side ends with a hand, and a plurality of wrinkles are formed on an inner peripheral surface of said tubular body in order to prevent the sliding movement of the grip portion within said tubular body; and said tubular body and said opposite side ends of the curved-face shape as well as said wrinkles formed on said tubular body are formed in a process for molding a polymer material by folding a long tubular base material flatly with halves integrally superposed on each other, and curving or bending the base material.