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IN COMBINATION, A BODY OF MATERIAL OF A SIZE TO BE GRASPED BY A HAND AND MANIPULATED THEREBY, SAID BODY HAVING AN UPPER SURFACE PORTION; A MEMBER EXTENDING UPWARDLY FROM AND HAVING A BASE PORTION ATTACHED TO AT LEAST PART OF SAID UPPER SURFACE PORTION OF SAID BODY, SAID BODY HAVING AN OPPOSITE (LOWER) SURFACE FOR APPLICATION TO AN OBJECT TO BE TREATED, SAID MEMBER INCLUDING A HOLDING MEANS PORTION HAVING A STEM PORTION EXTENDING UPWARDLY, SAID STEM BEING SUFFICIENTLY SLENDER TO BE POSITIONED COMFORTABLY WITHIN THE CROTCH OF TWO ADJACENT SQUEEZING FINGERS OF A HAND WITHOUT SPREADING SAID FINGERS TO AN UNCOMFORTABLE DEGREE, A HEAD PORTION OF THE HOLDING MEANS PROVIDED AT THE UPPER END OF SAID STEM THAT EXTENDS LATERALLY A SUBSTANTIAL DISTANCE OUT OVER A PORTION OF SAID ADJACENT SQUEEZING FINGERS, THE UNDER SURFACE OF SAID HEAD AND THE GENERALLY OPPOSED UPPER SURFACE OF SAID BASE PORTION OF THE MEMBER BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE SUFFICIENT TO ACCOMMODATE THE FINGERS OF SAID HAND WITHOUT SPREADING TWO ADJACENT SQUEEZING FINGERS TO AN UNCOMFORTABLE DEGREE, AND GENERALLY CONVERGING INWARDLY TOWARDS SAID STEM SO AS TO FIT SNUGLY ON SAID ADJACENT FINGERS, SAID OPPOSED CONVERGING SURFACES BEARING FIRMLY SUBSTANTIALLY ABOVE AND BELOW SAID FINGERS IN A WEDGELIKE MANNER THAT PRODUCES TWO EQUAL REACTIVE GENERALLY OPPOSING VERTICAL COMPONENT FORCES ACTING ON EACH OF SAID TWO ADJACENT FINGERS TO SQUEEZE FIRMLY SAID FINGERS BETWEEN THEM FOR HANDS HAVING A SUBSTANTIAL RANGE OF DIFFERENT FINGERS SIZES; THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF THE BODY OF MATERIAL BEING SO LOCATED WITH RESPECT TO THE CENTRAL STEM PORTION OF THE HOLDING MEANS THAT, WITH THE HAND HELD GENERALLY DOWNWARD, THE MASS OF THE BODY OF MATERIAL PRODUCES A TURNING MOMENT OF FORCE ABOUT THE VICINITY OF THE CENTRAL HOLDING MEANS PORTION THAT LIES BETWEEN SAID ADJACENT FINGERS, WHICH CAUSES A FORCE-COUPLE TO BE IMPARTED BY THE COMBINATION AGAINST THE HAND, WHEREBY TO CAUSE THE COMBINATION TO ASSUME A SELF-LOCKING GRIP ON THE HAND, WITH THE HAND HELD SUBSTANTIALLY RELAXED, FOR HANDS HAVING THE SAME SUBSTANTIAL RANGE OF DIFFERENT FINGER SIZES.