Patent ID: 7469866

Claim:
Apparatus for manipulating objects, comprising: a) an extension having a first dimension between a first and a second end; b) an essentially U-shaped clamp attached to the first end of said extension with the open end outward, the clamp being sized and attached to receive the forearm portion of an arm extending along the first dimension of the extension from the first end to the second end with the hand opposite the second end, further comprising first securing means for securing the forearm within the clamp; c) a hand rest located on the second end of the extension on the same side of the extension as the clamp, the hand rest being sized and arranged to provide a rest for the palm of the hand of a forearm extended along the extension, further comprising second securing means for securing the hand to the rest; and d) a bar and bar attachment means for attaching the bar to the rest, the attachment means being arranged to permit the bar to extend outwardly in either direction from the rest essentially perpendicular to the first dimension of the extension wherein the bar detaches extension from a supplemental structure; (e) wherein said second securing means comprises a second strap, with said rest having grooves on opposite sides which are perpendicular to the first dimension of the extension, being sized to admit the second strap, with the groves, the rest and the second strap being sized and arranged to permit the strap to encircle the rest and a hand positioned on the rest and secure the hand to the rest with the palm of the hand facing the rest.