Patent ID: 7322050

Claim:
A wearable gripping device for gripping objects, such as when removing a bottle cap from a neck of a bottle, said bottle cap having a top and perimeter, said wearable gripping device being attached to a wearer's shirt, said wearer having a hand, said shirt having a shirt tail with an inside, an outside, and a bottom, said wearable gripping device comprising: a. a flap, said flap having a grasping side, a gripping side, a first end, a second end, and a medial section therebetween; and b. wherein said first end of said flap is stitched to said shirt on said outside of said shirt tail, said medial section of said flap wraps around said bottom of said shirt tail, and said second end of said flap is stitched to said shirt on said inside of said shirt tail, such that said grasping side, said shirt tail, and said shirt tail together form a construction of at least three layers; c. wherein said flap is sufficiently sized and configured to cover the entirety of said bottle cap and a portion of said neck of said bottle, such that said flap makes intimate contact with both said top and said perimeter when said bottle cap and said portion of said neck of said bottle is placed against said gripping side of said flap and said wearer grasps said grasping side of flap with said hand regardless of the direction said bottle is angled with respect to said flap; and d. wherein said flap includes molded rubber bumps as a textual variation for improved gripping.