ROTATABLE HANDLE ATTACHABLE TO AN OBJECT HAVING A LONGITUDINAL EXTENT

A rotatable handle assembly attachable to a generally tubular object has an auxiliary handle circumscribing a hand passageway configured to receive a user's hand therein. A clutch biased in an engaged position operatively couples a shank extending from the upper end of a hook attachable to the object to a collar integrally formed as a portion of the auxiliary handle and releasably prevents the shank from rotating relative to the collar. A ratchet on the upper end of the hook cooperates with a pawl on a pivot arm which is attached to the lower end of the hook and which extends toward the ratchet and is rotatable about a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shank to adjust the size of the object passageway receiving and releasably retaining the object therein.