PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make it easy to grip an article, in a gripping tool used to grip an article by use of rod-like members.SOLUTION: A gripping tool 1 includes: a columnar member 21 formed in the shape of a column from an elastically deformable material three rod-like members 10 arranged such that the longitudinal directions thereof disposed orthogonal to the circumferential direction of the columnar member 21 and in contact with the sides of the columnar member 21 a cover member 22 formed in an annular shape from an elastically deformable material and configured to press the three rod-like members 10 toward the columnar member 21 when the three rod-like members 10 and columnar member 21 are inserted into an annular opening so that the rod-like members 10 and the sides of the columnar member 21 contact each other and a regulating member 30 formed in an annular shape from an elastically deformable material and configured to press the three rod-like members 10 such that the three rod-like members 10 are inserted into the annular opening at a position different from that of the cover member 22 and that the three rod-like members 10 are in contact with their respective adjacent rod-like members 10.COPYRIGHT: (C)2014,JPO&INPIT【課題】棒状部材を用いて物体を掴む掴み具において物体を掴み易くする【解決手段】弾性変形可能な材料で柱状に形成された柱状部材21と、長手方向が柱状部材21の周方向に直交し且つ柱状部材21の側面と接触する状態で配置される3本の棒状部材10と、弾性変形可能な材料で環状に形成され、棒状部材10と柱状部材21の側面とが接触する状態で、3本の棒状部材10と柱状部材21が環状の開口内に挿入されると、3本の棒状部材10を柱状部材21に向かって押圧する被覆部材22と、弾性変形可能な材料で環状に形成され、被覆部材22とは異なる位置で3本の棒状部材10が環状の開口内に挿入され、3本の棒状部材10がそれぞれ、隣接する棒状部材10と接触した状態となるように3本の棒状部材10を押圧する規制部材30とを備えることを特徴とする掴み具1。【選択図】図1
