How about using a length of eg. 25mm plastic conduit or similar plastic waterpipe etc. for the device handle?
And that also doubling as it's battery & USB module housing?
You can get various fittings & endcaps etc. to suit it, so eg. possibly the USB socket could be in the endcap and a thin plastic strip attached to that and the battery, so the assembly could be threaded into the handle?
Or put the USB module with the charge socket where the light strip attaches & the battery etc. further down?