Patent ID: 7530876

Claim:
An apparatus for creating loud, clapping and entertaining sounds during sports events and like recreational events, said apparatus comprising: a body shaped as a large open-faced hand made from deformably resilient material, said body having an outer surface formed from water-impermeable material and further having a solid core monolithically formed with said outer surface, said solid core being provided with a cavity having a plurality of flanges for receiving user metacarpals therein such that a hand of the user penetrates upwardly from a bottom edge of said body and terminates subjacent midway to a top of said body; a stabilizing bar having an elongated and rectilinear longitudinal length traversing across a longitudinal length of said body such that said stabilizing bar is seated within said solid core and intercalated between said outer layer such that said stabilizing bar defines a fulcrum axis about which a top region of said body articulates during side-to-side movement of said body, said stabilizing bar having a threaded aperture formed at a midpoint of the longitudinal length thereof; and means for covering an arm of the user such that the user arm is protected from undesirable air-traveling particulates during clapping conditions, said arm being invisible from an exterior of said arm covering means during operating conditions.