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Motorsports/Auto Racing, Manufacturing, Crowd Funding, U.S./Calif. Business
News)
Steering Wheel Guy Announces Pre-Orders for PersonaGrip Steering Wheel Grip
Kits that Can Help Bring Jobs Back
COSTA MESA, Calif., Sept. 28, 2012 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- PersonaGrip's
Steering Wheel Guy, Ed Dellis, inventor of the custom-moldable handgrips used
in auto racing and manufacturing, announces crowd-funding for his steering
wheel grips.
Poorly designed custom-molded steering wheel grips have been injuring drivers
ever since the inventor's near-death experience pulled him away from racing
over a decade ago.
"While I'm flattered that teams embrace the technology that I pioneered with
PersonaGrip over two decades ago, it hurts me to see the teams now making the
same mistakes I made when I first started molding grips back in the
early-'90s," says inventor, Ed Dellis.
"With two decades and 759 steering wheel grips under my belt, I now have the
experience to do what Roger Penske and Rick Mears asked me to do in Milwaukee
after Emerson Fittipaldi won the '93 Indy 500 with Serial #001 wheel: tool up
for Mass Production."
The healthy inventor is now launching for a limited-time - a crowd funding
project at http://Indiegogo.com/SteeringWheelGuy where early investors can
purchase - at half-price - pre-molded grip kits that introduce many new
patent-pending safety features to prevent blisters in normal use and fractures
on impact.
Dellis will raise
grip inserts that
thick sections of
suit a driver, or
$69,750 to fund the injection-mold tooling that will produce
Master Certified Techs can install on trimmed, 1.0 inchsteering wheels. The grips can then be heated and molded to
an entire team of drivers in endurance racing.
Kits will come in three basic forms:
* NASCAR Kits - Feature a smooth textured front side with finger grooves on
the back.
* Road Race Kits - Wings, flutes, flanges, and rollers, all encapsulate the
driver's hand for maximum leverage and improved feedback.
* Full-Wheel Kits - Contain both sets to cover their entire wheel with the
same moldable material that Dellis blends from six materials to get the ideal
feel and re-moldability characteristics.
As Mechanical Engineer and Driving Instructor, Dellis is intimately aware of
what it takes to get a good grip on the steering wheel. Now, everyone can
benefit from his decades' experience molding steering wheels for the best
drivers in IndyCar, NASCAR, and Formula One.
Industrial Worker Ramifications:
Dellis also plans on returning to automotive factories to mold tools for
assembly line workers. He continues, "Smart phones can now provide Community
Tech Support since design challenges can be easily filmed, and quickly
uploaded onto YouTube for discussion using an app currently under
development."
"Turns out, early NIOSH research (1987 -- Armstrong, Silverstein, and Fine)
showed that when a worker is exposed to both high repetition and high grip
force, the risk for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome increases ten-fold," cites Dellis.
NIOSH also tested the PersonaGrip on a Lido Work Simulator using standard
university test procedures, and the results were stunning. A 54 percent
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reduction in grip effort was evident when the tool tried to slide through the
hand, and reductions of 43.5 percent occurred when the tool tried to twist out
of the hand.
This discovery led Dellis to introduce an Industrial Ergonomics training
program where Dellis visited factories and trained workers on ways to re-think
how they interfaced with the tools using leverage instead of friction to
control the tool. With today's smart phone video capability, Community Tech
Support is now possible across the globe in many languages.
PersonaGrip is run by its inventor, Ed Dellis, in Costa Mesa, Calif., and his
work has helped win Olympic medals in Beijing (Fabian Cancellera), Racquetball
World Championship (Mike Ray), numerous Indy 500 victories (Fittipaldi, Unser
Jr., Villeneuve, Lazier, Luyendyk, Castroneves, etc.).
For more information visit:
www.personagrip.com
www.steeringwheelguy.com
www.industrialergonomics.com
www.indiegogo.com/SteeringWheelGuy
No celebrity endorsement claimed or implied.
* PHOTO 72dpi: Send2Press.com/mediaboom/12-0928-steering_72dpi.jpg
* Photo Caption: Custom-molded steering wheel grips and shifters.
NEWS SOURCE: PersonaGrip
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personagrip @ yahoo.com
PersonaGrip, 2973 Harbor Blvd., #314, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.
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