Loop Handle Design

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The Trekr Loop Handle© is a new handle design for mankind’s oldest and simplest machines: hammers, hatchets, pickaxes, etc. The loop design offers several advantages over the traditional handles. The loop end makes losing grip on the handle almost impossible; it would offer an ideal handhold if used on rock-climbing pickaxes. The loop also provides protection for the fingers when striking, which are normally left exposed when griping a traditional handle. The handle will be made with a hollow core, and of reinforced fiberglass or carbon fiber. This will make a very strong yet lightweight handle with better ergonomics.

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  • ABOUT THE ENTRANT

  • Name:
    Eric K. Rugg
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    Designs are like your children, you hope that when you send them out into the world, they will do great things. The idea of having any of my designs or inventions come to fruition, is the fulfillment of what our goal in life should be: to leave the world a better place for having been in it.
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