| 摘要 |
A support strap for hand tools, hand guns and other hand-held implements having a pistol grip-type handle includes an elongated strip of flexible material having a ring attached to a first transverse end of the strip. A first fastener member is attached to the lower surface of the strip, proximate the second transverse end or tip of the strip, and a second fastener member releasably engageable with the first fastener member is attached to the upper surface of the strip. The strap is used by inserting the tip of the strap through the ring to form a first, wrist loop, into which loop the hand is inserted, and the free end pulled with a tension sufficient to tighten the loop to a desired tightness around the wrist of a user. The inner diameter of the loop is preferably slightly less than the width of the strip, thereby frictionally gripping the edges of the strap. With the wrist loop of the strap thus attached to a person's wrist, the handle of a hand tool may be grasped and the tip of the strap pulled forward between the index finger and forefinger. The free end of the strap is then wrapped rearward around the handle to form a handle loop, around the thumb rearward of the rear joint of the thumb, and around the wrist to overlie the wrist loop. The free end is then pulled to tighten the handle loop to a desired degree, i.e., pressing the handle into the palm with desired force, whereupon the first fastener member on the lower surface of the strip is releasably engaged with the second fastener strip. In the preferred embodiment, the first fastener strip on the underside of the strip comprises a strip of VELCRO hook-type material, and the second fastener member comprises a length of VELCRO-type loop pile material that spans a substantial portion of the length of the upper surface of the strip.
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