Patent ID: 6849036

Claim:
A gripping device intended for a hand that grips a handgrip ( 8 ), wherein the device includes a strap-loop ( 1 ) which is intended to embrace the wrist region of the hand and which includes a gripping element ( 2 , 3 ) that extends generally parallel with the direction of the loop axis and which has an end-portion ( 3 ) which is intended to lie around the handgrip ( 8 ) in a direction opposite to the direction of curvature of the fingers of said hand around the handgrip, characterised in that the gripping element is free-supporting from the loop; in that the end-part of the gripping element is pre-curved in a direction of curvature that is opposed to the direction of curvature of the user's fingers; and in that the curved end-part is springily resilient so that it can be straightened out and therewith release the handgrip at a pre-selected load.