Patent ID: 7008687

Claim:
A protective strap for use in spirally winding around a handle, said protective strap comprising; a main body being an elongated strap member having two lateral edges, two end edges, a top side and a bottom side, each of said two lateral edges being longer in length than each of said two end edges; a distinctive strap disposed on said top side of said main body and having two lateral fringes and two end fringes, said two lateral fringes being respectively longer in length than said two end fringes, the width between said two lateral fringes of said distinctive strap being smaller than that between said two lateral edges of said main body, said distinctive strap being parallel to one of said two lateral edges of said main body, and at least one recessed portion at a side of said top side of the main body, the at least one recessed portion being less in width than said distinctive strap, such that said distinctive strap is engaged in the at least one recessed portion and on a part of said top side to form a stepped portion on said distinctive strap.