Patent ID: 7300081

Claim:
An auxiliary handle assembly for a hand held and hand manipulatable implement having a main handle and a working head, comprising: (a) an elongate member having a first end and a second end, said elongate member being flexible and bendable for effectively transmitting lifting force from the user's wrist from said first end to said second end; (b) a grip portion associated with said first end for grasping by a user and for imparting a user's wrist forces to said first end; and (c) an attaching means associated with said second end for operatively attaching said second end to one of said main handle and said working head of said hand held and hand manipulatable implement; wherein said elongate member includes at least one bendable portion having a linear length and two movable ends and having a substantially rectangularly shaped cross section between said first end and said second end and wherein a centerline joining the moveable ends of said bendable portion extends along said linear length in a direction from said elongate member first end towards said working head for enabling the formation of a localized bending region within said elongate member whereby said localized bending region substantially facilitates the ability of said first end to move relative to said second end, and; wherein between said two movable ends said lengthwise centerline is further comprising a first lengthwise centerline portion adjacent to a movable end of the bendable portion closest to said first end of said elongate member and a second lengthwise centerline portion adjacent to a movable end of the bendable portion closest to said second end of said elongate member, wherein said second lengthwise centerline portion is positioned substantially non-orthogonal with said main handle during the formation of said localized bending region and wherein said localized bending region substantially facilitates the ability of said first end to move relative to said second end.