Common Shape Variations
- Instead of a human hand, the foam finger is in the shape of a talon, hoof, paw, or other hand-analog to resemble that of the team mascot.
- The index finger, thumb, and pinky are extended in the American Sign Language sign for love. Often this version is captioned, "Gotta Love Those ."
- The index finger and pinky are extended to represent gestures such as University of South Florida's "Go Bulls" or University of Texas' "Hook 'em Horns."
- The middle finger is extended in the obscene hand gesture the finger.
- The index, middle, and pinky fingers are extended in the shocker position.
Besides being sold at all manner of sporting events and venues as souvenirs, foam fingers are used as fund-raisers for schools and booster clubs as well as corporate promotions.
To date, the majority of "foam hands" have been produced in a planar-like form. However, in early 2009, a product that more-closely replicates the dimensional form of a human hand (like Hulk Hands with an extended finger) was introduced and marketed under the trade name Radhand, a company owned by Vincent DeFelice and Dennis Magner.
Radhand ended in 2010 and BrettHand, Inc was incorporated July 27, 2010 to market and launch the product under the new name of UltimateHand. George Brett was elected President of BrettHand, Inc and Brett Bros. Sports International by its board of Directors. The slogan “the very best in baseball” was adopted to reflect Brett Bros. approach to all of their products.
It is currently offered in 14 colors of foam fingers and an assortment of 16 jersey sleeves. The slogan, “The New #1,” was adopted due to our patented (US8141281) and trademarked (US 4,116,350 & US 4,131,314) 3D foam finger and jersey sleeve combination.
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