New Grip Gear Helps Workers Get a Handle on Packages

Grip Gear, an innovative product that debuted at ProMat 2011, was born in the shipping department of a warehouse. “As a warehouseman I often found myself dropping parts when the order was a little too much to carry,” Grip Gear inventor Rob Bates said. “Why don’t they make a sweatshirt with grips under the arms?" Bates did just that. With Grips located under the arms, on the side of the shirt, and the on the chest, it can be helpful in moving any object you may in encounter in your daily life. Grip Gear is now "patent pending" and trademarked. How does Grip Gear work? The gripping patterns are printed on specific areas of a garment to distribute the weight of an object onto the workers body. The frictional areas can lessen the chance of an injury from a product slipping out of an employee’s grasp, it can assist the worker in carrying more objects, and decrease the chance of a worker dropping and damaging a product.