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An arm-supporting apparatus, for assisting a user to transport an existing object between remote locations, includes a spring member having a unitary and single body. The assembly includes a brace which has solid top and bottom surfaces. The brace includes a bracket section statically attached to a

An arm-supporting apparatus, for assisting a user to transport an existing object between remote locations, includes a spring member having a unitary and single body. The assembly includes a brace which has solid top and bottom surfaces. The brace includes a bracket section statically attached to a brace portion of the existing object and the spring member in such a manner that the spring member remains anchored to the bracket section during operating conditions. The bracket section includes an elongated base plate which has an arcuate shape conforming to a contour of the existing handle. The assembly further includes a plurality of fastening assemblies penetrated through the top and base plates as well as the existing handle for statically mating the bracket section to a curvature of the existing handle while allowing the U-shaped proximal segment to resiliently oscillate along the arcuate path.

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What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. An arm-supporting apparatus for assisting a user to transport an existing object between remote locations, said arm-supporting apparatus comprising: an existing handle; a spring member comprising a pl

What is claimed as new and what is desired to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: 1. An arm-supporting apparatus for assisting a user to transport an existing object between remote locations, said arm-supporting apparatus comprising: an existing handle; a spring member comprising a plurality of coils and being resiliently adaptable along an arcuate path; a brace attached to a proximal end of said spring member and being proximally offset from a fulcrum axis of said coils; and a bracket section statically attached to a brace portion of the existing object and said spring member in such a manner that said spring member remains anchored to said bracket section during operating conditions, said spring member extending rearwardly beyond a proximal end of the brace portion such that a user arm is abutted against a bottom surface of said brace, said brace and said spring member being resiliently urged along said arcuate path when transporting the existing object; wherein said spring member further comprises: a plurality of non-resilient rectilinear segments oriented parallel to each other and disposed along a top surface of the existing handle, each of said rectilinear segments having axially opposed proximal and distal ends mated with said coils and intercalated within said bracket section respectively; and a substantially U-shaped proximal segment attached to said coils respectively and being angularly offset along first and second planes extending upwardly and rearwardly away from a horizontal plane of said rectilinear segments respectively; wherein said bracket section comprises: an elongated base plate having an arcuate shape conforming to a contour of the existing handle, said base plate being directly seated on the existing handle and maintaining a fixed relationship therewith; an elongated top plate directly seated over said base plate in such a manner that said rectilinear segments are securely intercalated between said base and top plates, said rectilinear segments maintaining a uniform spatial distance therebetween that is less than a width of the existing handle; and a plurality of fastening assemblies penetrated through said top and base plates as well as the existing handle for statically mating said bracket section to a curvature of the existing handle while allowing said U-shaped proximal segment to resiliently oscillate along said arcuate path. 2. The arm-supporting apparatus of claim 1, wherein said brace extends proximally away from said U-shaped proximal segment, said brace having a first planar section and a second planar section angularly offset therefrom for engaging the user forearm therebeneath. 3. The arm-supporting apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of said coils are synchronously adapted about said fulcrum axis, said fulcrum axis being oriented orthogonal to a longitudinal length of said rectilinear segments. 4. The arm-supporting apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of said fastening assemblies comprises: a tubular female member having a threaded inner surface and a shoulder extending outwardly from a bottom end thereof, said female member being penetrated upwardly from a bottom of the existing handle and terminating at said base plate; and a solid male member having a threaded outer surface rotatably interfitted within said female member, said male and female members being axially aligned along a vertical axis registered orthogonal to said fulcrum axis; wherein said male member passes downwardly through said top and base plates and terminates within said female member such that said top and base plates as well as the existing handle are sandwiched between a top shoulder of said male member and said female member shoulder respectively. 5. The arm-supporting apparatus of claim 4, wherein said base plate comprises: a plurality of ribbed protrusions extending upwardly therefrom and juxtaposed along opposed longitudinal edges of said base plate respectively, said rectilinear proximal segments of said spring member being directly abutted against and disposed inwardly from said ribbed protrusion respectively, said ribbed protrusions being positioned medially of said top plate and hidden therebeneath when said top plate is positioned over said base plate for prohibiting said ribbed protrusions from laterally flexing away from said rectilinear proximal segments respectively. 6. An arm-supporting apparatus for assisting a user to transport an existing object between remote locations, said arm-supporting apparatus comprising: an existing handle; a spring member having a unitary and single body, said spring member comprising a plurality of coils and being resiliently adaptable along an arcuate path; a brace having solid top and bottom surfaces, said brace being attached to a proximal end of said spring member and being proximally offset from a fulcrum axis of said coils; and a bracket section statically attached to a brace portion of the existing object and said spring member in such a manner that said spring member remains anchored to said bracket section during operating conditions, said spring member extending rearwardly beyond a proximal end of the brace portion such that a user arm is abutted against a bottom surface of said brace, said brace and said spring member being resiliently urged along said arcuate path when transporting the existing object; wherein said spring member further comprises: a plurality of non-resilient rectilinear segments oriented parallel to each other and disposed along a top surface of the existing handle, each of said rectilinear segments having axially opposed proximal and distal ends mated with said coils and intercalated within said bracket section respectively; and a substantially U-shaped proximal segment attached to said coils respectively and being angularly offset along first and second planes extending upwardly and rearwardly away from a horizontal plane of said rectilinear segments respectively; wherein said bracket section comprises: an elongated base plate having an arcuate shape conforming to a contour of the existing handle, said base plate being directly seated on the existing handle and maintaining a fixed relationship therewith; an elongated top plate directly seated over said base plate in such a manner that said rectilinear segments are securely intercalated between said base and top plates, said rectilinear segments maintaining a uniform spatial distance therebetween that is less than a width of the existing handle; and a plurality of fastening assemblies penetrated through said top and base plates as well as the existing handle for statically mating said bracket section to a curvature of the existing handle while allowing said U-shaped proximal segment to resiliently oscillate along said arcuate path. 7. The arm-supporting apparatus of claim 6, wherein said brace extends proximally away from said U-shaped proximal segment, said brace having a first planar section and a second planar section angularly offset therefrom for engaging the user forearm therebeneath. 8. The arm-supporting apparatus of claim 6, wherein each of said coils are synchronously adapted about said fulcrum axis, said fulcrum axis being oriented orthogonal to a longitudinal length of said rectilinear segments. 9. The arm-supporting apparatus of claim 6, wherein each of said fastening assemblies comprises: a tubular female member having a threaded inner surface and a shoulder extending outwardly from a bottom end thereof, said female member being penetrated upwardly from a bottom of the existing handle and terminating at said base plate; and a solid male member having a threaded outer surface rotatably interfitted within said female member, said male and female members being axially aligned along a vertical axis registered orthogonal to said fulcrum axis; wherein said male member passes downwardly through said top and base plates and terminates within said female member such that said top and base plates as well as the existing handle are sandwiched between a top shoulder of said male member and said female member shoulder respectively. 10. The arm-supporting apparatus of claim 9, wherein said base plate comprises: a plurality of ribbed protrusions extending upwardly therefrom and juxtaposed along opposed longitudinal edges of said base plate respectively, said rectilinear proximal segments of said spring member being directly abutted against and disposed inwardly from said ribbed protrusion respectively, said ribbed protrusions being positioned medially of said top plate and hidden therebeneath when said top plate is positioned over said base plate for prohibiting said ribbed protrusions from laterally flexing away from said rectilinear proximal segments respectively. 11. A method for assisting a user to transport an existing object between remote locations, said method comprising the steps of: a. providing an existing handle b. providing a spring member having a unitary and single body, said spring member comprising a plurality of coils and being resiliently adaptable along an arcuate path; c. providing a brace having solid top and bottom surfaces; d. attaching said brace to a proximal end of said spring member such that said brace is proximally offset from a fulcrum axis of said coils; e. providing and statically attaching a bracket section to a brace portion of the existing object and said spring member in such a manner that said spring member remains anchored to said bracket section during operating conditions; f. extending said spring member rearwardly beyond a proximal end of the brace portion; g. the user gripping the existing handle in such a manner that an arm of the user abuts against a bottom surface of said brace; and h. resiliently urging said brace and said spring member along said arcuate path when transporting the existing object; i. providing and orienting said spring member with a plurality of non-resilient rectilinear segments parallel to each other; disposing said rectilinear segments along a top surface of the existing handle, each of said rectilinear segments having proximal ends mated with said coils; intercalated distal ends of rectilinear segments with said bracket section respectively; providing and attaching a substantially U-shaped proximal segment to said coils respectively; and angularly offsetting said U-shaped proximal segment along first and second planes extending upwardly and rearwardly away from a horizontal plane of said rectilinear segments respectively; j. providing said bracket section with an elongated base plate having an arcuate shape conforming to a contour of the existing handle; directly seating said base plate on the existing handle and maintaining a fixed relationship therewith; providing and directly seating an elongated top plate over said base plate; securely intercalating said rectilinear segments between said base and top plates; said rectilinear segments maintaining a uniform spatial distance therebetween that is less than a width of the existing handle; and providing and penetrating a plurality of fastening assemblies through said top and base plates as well as the existing handle; statically mating said bracket section to a curvature of the existing handle; and allowing said U-shaped proximal segment to resiliently oscillate along said arcuate path. 12. The method of claim 11, wherein step h. further comprises the steps of: synchronously adapting each of said coils about said fulcrum axis, said fulcrum axis being oriented orthogonal to a longitudinal length of said rectilinear segments. 13. The method of claim 11, further comprising the steps of: providing a tubular female member having a threaded inner surface and a shoulder extending outwardly from a bottom end thereof; upwardly penetrating said female member from a bottom of the existing handle such that said female member terminates at said base plate; providing a solid male member having a threaded outer surface; rotatably interfitting said male member within said female member such that said male and female members are axially aligned along a vertical axis registered orthogonal to said fulcrum axis; downwardly passing said male member through said top and base plates such that said male member terminates within said female member; and sandwiching said top and base plates as well as the existing handle between a top shoulder of said male member and said female member shoulder respectively. 14. The method of claim 13, further comprising the steps of: providing a plurality of ribbed protrusions extending upwardly from said base plate wherein said ribbed protrusions are juxtaposed along opposed longitudinal edges of said base plate respectively; directly abutting said rectilinear proximal segments of said spring member directly against said ribbed protrusions by disposing said rectilinear proximal segments inwardly from said ribbed protrusions respectively; positioning said ribbed protrusions medially of said top plate by hiding said ribbed protrusions therebeneath when said top plate is positioned over said base plate; and prohibiting said ribbed protrusions from laterally flexing away from said rectilinear proximal segments respectively.