Patent ID: 6561558
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A01G,B65G

Abstract:
A device for turning objects, comprising:a rigid lever with a handle part at a rear end and, at a front end, a part adapted to bear upon a circumferential surface; and a hook pivotally connected to the lever in an area between the part adapted to bear upon the circumferential surface and the handle part such that the device is abuttable, by means of the lever part adapted to bear upon the circumferential surface, against the object and engageable, by means of the hook, with the object, thus allowing turning of the object by a user grasping the handle part and applying a force in the turning direction, wherein the lever comprises a first lever member and a second lever member, and the hook comprises a first hook member and a second hook member corresponding to the first lever member and the second lever member, respectively, the first lever member and the first hook member being interconnected with but displaceable both longitudinally and rotationally relative to the second lever member and the second hook member via a hinge such that one of the first hook member and the second hook member is in turn engageable with the object while at the same time the other one of the first hook member and the second hook member is disengageable from the object so that a corresponding one of the first lever member and the second lever member is displaceable backwards relative to the turning direction while changing an engaging position of the other one of the first hook member and the second hook member, and by thus alternately displacing the first lever member and the second lever member relative to the turning direction so the corresponding one of the first lever member and the second lever member assume a new engaging position, the object is turned.