Patent ID: 8549712

Claim:
A tool handle usable by an intended user having a hand, said hand including a thumb and an index finger, said thumb having a distal pulp, said tool handle comprising: an elongated body having a tapered front side and a tapered rear end, top and bottom surfaces and opposing sides extending between said top and bottom surfaces, said body being generally rounded and being generally parallel to a longitudinal axis at the center of said body, said tapered front side and said tapered rear end are situated on and taper toward said longitudinal axis at the center of said body, said tapered rear end leading to a rear tip end which is situated on the outermost surface of said body, said rear tip end is situated on and tapers towards said axis; a thumb positioning section situated on said top surface of said body adjacent to said front side of said body, said thumb positioning section configured for receiving said thumb, said thumb positioning section comprising a thumb rest section having a substantially concave configuration for receiving said distal pulp of said thumb, said thumb rest section defining a thumb rest section nadir, said thumb rest section nadir defined as the portion of the thumb rest position closest to the longitudinal axis where a thumb rest section-to-longitudinal axis distance between said thumb rest section and said longitudinal axis is minimal, said thumb positioning section sloping downwardly from said indentation towards said opposing sides of said body; and an index finger rest section situated on said bottom surface of said body adjacent to said front side of said body, said index finger rest section comprising a cavity with an extended protrusion, said cavity being concave and extending forward and upward into said body, said cavity defining an index finger rest section nadir substantially in opposing registry with said thumb rest section nadir, said index finger rest section nadir defined as the portion of the cavity closest to the longitudinal axis where an index finger rest section-to-longitudinal axis distance between said index finger rest section and said longitudinal axis is minimal, said protrusion designed to cover at least a portion of user's index finger, said protrusion slopes downwardly and away from said front side and slopes towards said rear end, said tapered front end having an elongated front tip end, said front tip end narrows in circumference as it extends away from said thumb positioning section and said index finger rest section wherein, in use, said index finger rest section nadir and said thumb positioning section nadir together create a thinned out portion of said handle guiding and positioning the index and thumb fingers to be in opposition relative to each other and creating a pinch grip.