Patent ID: 8740271

Claim:
A handle to facilitate securing, lifting, or moving an object and used in conjunction with a ductile member, said handle comprising: a one-piece metal or plastic molding having four legs each with a locking tab, wherein each of the legs being connected perpendicular to two of the other legs and to a center routing bowl; each of the legs having a sufficient width to accommodate the ductile member; each of the legs having side guide rails of sufficient depth to accommodate the ductile member; each of the legs having integral protruding gripping teeth on a top face and adjacent to the locking tab; each of the legs having a thickened end at an end located opposite of the center routing bowl to provide space to accommodate finger placement elsewhere on an underside of the legs; each of the legs having one of the locking tabs affixed at a flexible joint along one side; each of the locking tabs having integral protruding gripping teeth on a face of the locking tabs; each of the leg side guide rails opposite to each of the locking tab joint incorporating a protruding shoulder configured to receive and secure each of the locking tabs; each of the locking tabs having a thumb protrusion to assist in locking or unlocking each of the locking tabs; each of the locking tabs having a guiding side rail at the joint side; each of the locking tabs having a side guide rail opposite to the joint side of the guiding side rail and configured to create a positive lock with the corresponding shoulder of the leg; the center routing bowl having sufficient depth to provide finger grip space under each of the legs; the center routing bowl includes a single routing tab arm on top; and the single routing tab arm set at 45 degrees to the legs and affixed at one end only.