Patent ID: 8511209

Claim:
An ergonomic auxiliary handling arrangement for a tool having a functional tool head at one end and an elongated tool handle or shaft optionally mounted in a handle socket extending away from said tool head, said auxiliary handling arrangement comprising: a geometric shape designed to stabilize the tool head and having a main lower transverse portion extending across the tool handle, designed to be directly secured to said functional tool head unattached to the tool handle or handle socket and optimally including a portion of said tool head, and having a raised transverse portion generally parallel to, connected with, and spaced a distance above said main lower transverse portion designed to reside above said handle, said raised transverse portion of said geometric shape including one or more areas for hand gripping for ease of lifting said tool head, said auxiliary handling arrangement further acting in a manner such that said transverse portions of said geometric shape also stabilize said tool head against longitudinal movement, lateral movement and rotation; and a support member connected to and extending from said raised transverse portion of said stabilizing geometric shape to attach to said tool handle at an acute angle therewith.