Patent ID: 9701478
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: B65G

Claim:
1. A product gripper device comprising an elongated gripper body section of elastomeric material having a longitudinal axis and a lateral axis, opposite end portions, a substantially planar floor having longitudinally extending edge portions and end portions, substantially parallel laterally spaced side walls upstanding from said longitudinally extending edge portions of said floor, said side walls having outer upper edge portions and end portions, and a product engaging ceiling cap extending to and between outer edge portions of said side walls to provide an open ended, longitudinally extending cavity, wherein a bottom plane of said cavity is defined by an upper surface of said floor and wherein the end portions of said floor are cut back from lower portions of said end portions of said side walls to form a recess at each end of said body below said bottom plane of said cavity, a semi-flexible elongated gripper base section comprising a substantially planar, elongated platform having an upper platform surface engaging said body floor and supporting said body, a hook member integral with each end of said base, each said hook member having a substantially vertical connector section nested in a said recess, and further having a generally horizontal tab portion integrally formed on an upper end of said connector section and being inserted into an end portion of said cavity and engaging upper surface portions of said floor for fixing the position of said end portions of said body on said base.