Exercising grip consisting of a rectangular pad of resiliently compressible material

Claim 1

AN EXERCISING GRIP, COMPRISING A PAD OF RESILIENTLY COMPRESSIBLE MATERIAL BEING OF A LENGTH, WIDTH AND THICKNESS SUBSTANTIALLY TO SPAN ONLY THE FINGERS OTHER THAN THE THUMB, THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE PALM AND FINGERS TO TEIR FIRST JOINTS, AND THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND JOINTS OF THE FINGERS, RESPECTIVELY, CORRESPONDING TO THOSE OF A HUMAN HAND, THE OPPOSITE FACES OF THE PAD SPACED IN THE DIRECTION OF ITS THICKNESS LYING THROUGHOUT IN FIRST PARALLEL PLANES, THE WIDTHWISE SPACED SIDE FACES OF THE PAD LYING SUBSTANTIALLY IN SECOND PARALLEL PLANES NORMAL TO SAID FIRST PLANES, WITH ONE OF SAID SIDE FACES HAVING OVER ITS LENGTH FOUR SUCCESSIVE, SUBSTANTIALLY IDENTICAL DEPRESSIONS SUGGESTING FINGER RESTS AND THE OTHER SIDE FACE BEING OVER ITS LENGTH LESS WAVY THAN THE PALM OF A HUMAN HAND, AND THE LENGTHWISE SPACED END FACES OF THE PAD ALSO LYING SUBSTANTIALLY IN PARALLEL PLANES NORMAL TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLANES AND BEING OF IDENTICAL OUTLINE SO THAT EITHER MAY SERVE AS A THUMB REST, THE PAD BEING SYMMETRICAL ABOUT AN AXIS NORMAL TO SAID SECOND PLANES AND MIDWAY OF ITS LENGTH AND ALL OF SAID FACES MEETING AT SHARP CORNERS.