Patent ID: 7174605

Claim:
A handle for attachment to a wire-like member, the handle comprising: a handle portion having a channel, and an aperture extending from at least one outer surface of the handle portion into the channel, the channel configured to receive at least a portion of a wire-like member therein; a retaining member configured to be received within the channel, the retaining member having an aperture; and a key member configured to be engaged within the handle portion's aperture and the retaining member's aperture, whereby the channel is configured to permit sidewalls of the channel to frictionally engage diametrically opposing sides of the wire-like member portion that is received within the channel without having to compress the retaining member against the wire-like member portion within the channel, and whereby engagement of the key member within the retaining member's aperture inhibits the egress of the retaining member from the channel to operatively trap at least a portion of a wire-like member within the channel, and, thereby, attach the handle portion to the wire-like member.