handrest


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Noun1.handrest - a support for the hand
support - any device that bears the weight of another thing; "there was no place to attach supports for a shelf"
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Pictures Showing Snugly Fitted Indigenous Wooden Crutches of Inappropriate Length without Axillary Pad and Handrest.
Among the cabin's features is a touchpad that can be operated smartphone-style with finger gestures and is built into the handrest on the central control panel.
The innovative touchpad in the handrest over the controller on the centre tunnel marks a further evolutionary step developed in-house by Mercedes-Benz.
The device's computer software moves the handrest so it "constantly re-centers your fingertips in the center of their dexterous workplace," says William Provancher, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering.
The system, called the Active Handrest, can sense the position of the tool gripped by the user and the force applied by the hand.
Washington, March 9 (ANI): Engineers at the University of Utah have come up with a new computer-controlled, motorized handrest that will help doctors, artists and others control scalpels, brushes and tools more accurately over a wider area with less fatigue.
An optional buttstock handrest is available that can be fine-tuned to a desired height by means of removable spacers An optional anti-mirage band is also available for the top of the barrel.
"I spooked her out and made her scared," cackles Caroline before cruelly adding, "We nailed her arms to the handrest because we were worried she was going to be sucked out of a crack in the plane door."
The balcony railing itself is a curve of fluted bronze with a wood handrest. A bronze planting ring with white mums and greenery lines its base.