Patent · US Expired

Transferrable personalized grip for a handle assembly and method for making same

US5353474A · kind A · utility

380Cited by

16References

13Claims

0Family size

Inventors

Wayne T. Good · Waterford, US
Albert C. DeClerck · Auburn Hills, US
Harold F. Burden · Royal Oak, US
John Watson · Edgewood, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 23, 1993
Grant date	Oct 11, 1994
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 23, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB29L2031/40
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A handle assembly includes a main body portion and a gripping portion. The gripping portion formed on a sleeve which is adapted to be removably frictionally returned on the main body portion of the handle assembly. The gripping portion is molded to include the contour of a hand of a specific user and can readily be transferred among various tools which are adapted to receive the sleeve.

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