Patent ID: 8186012

Claim:
In combination, a grip for an extension pole and an adaptor including means for providing an interface between tool handles and extension poles that are not otherwise connectable together, the adaptor being storable in the grip when the adaptor is not being used to provide such interface, the grip comprising a tubular sleeve having opposite open ends, one of the open ends being sized for receipt of an inboard end of an extension pole for tool handles, and the other of the open ends communicating with a storage compartment inside the sleeve sized for receiving at least a portion of the adaptor, the adaptor being removable from the storage compartment for use in providing such interface between tool handles and extension poles that are not otherwise connectable together, and a gripper inside the sleeve that is engageable by the adaptor during insertion of the adaptor into the storage compartment for retaining the adaptor within the storage compartment when not being used to provide such interface.