Patent ID: 7065838

Claim:
A segmented handle comprising: a first segment having a first segment connector end and a first segment connector surface adjacent said first segment connector end; a first segment screw member coupled to said first segment connector surface; at least one first segment landing component coupled to said first segment connector surface; a bottoming plate coupled to said first segment connector surface; a second segment having a second segment connector end and a second segment connector surface adjacent said second segment connector end; a second segment screw member coupled to said second segment connector surface, wherein said second segment screw member is threadibly engageable with said first segment screw member; at least one second segment flexing component coupled to said second segment connector surface; a bottoming periphery adjacent to said second segment connector end; wherein, at complete threaded engagement of said first segment screw member and said second segment screw member, said at least one second segment flexing component contacts and cooperates with a corresponding one of said at least one first segment landing component, and said bottoming plate contacts and cooperates with said bottoming periphery, to lock said first segment and said second segment against relative rotational motion.