Patent ID: 8127402

Claim:
An attachment for clutchingly covering a major portion of a handle of a plunger, enhancing grip of the handle of the plunger, and absorbing shock from repeated thrusts of the plunger, wherein the handle of the plunger has a free end, and wherein said attachment comprises: a) an end cap; and b) a sleeve; wherein said end cap is for covering the free end of the handle of the plunger; wherein said sleeve depends from said end cap; wherein said sleeve is for clutchingly covering a major portion of the handle of the plunger; wherein said end cap and said sleeve are one-piece with each other so as to assure no separation there between during the repeated thrusts of the plunger when one hand of a user grips said end cap and the other hand of the user grips said sleeve; wherein said end cap is bulbous; wherein said end cap has cushioning, wherein said cushioning of said end cap is said end cap being of a resilient material and containing a gas-filled pocket; wherein said cushioning of said end cap is for absorbing the shock from the repeated thrusts of the plunger to the palm of the one hand of the user that is gripping said end cap; wherein said sleeve has ribbing thereon, and wherein said ribbing of said sleeve is for enhancing the grip of the other hand of the user on the handle of the plunger during the repeated thrusts of the plunger when the other hand of the user grips said sleeve; wherein said sleeve has an upper portion adjacent said end cap and a lower portion; and wherein said ribbing of said sleeve is only on said lower portion of said sleeve for adequately spacing apart the one hand of the user and the other hand of the user during the repeated thrusts of the plunger; wherein rod-shaped finger grips extend transversely outwardly from opposite sides of said end cap; and wherein said finger grips are arranged for gripping by the fingers of the one hand of the user during the repeated thrusts of the plunger.