Patent ID: 7677620
Filing Date: 2010-03-16
Classification: A63B,B25J

Abstract:
1. A collapsible item retrieving tool apparatus for retrieving items out of water, said apparatus comprising: an elongated pole having a first end and a second end, said pole being telescopic and being selectively extended into an engaged position or retracted into a stored position; a head being attached to said pole adjacent to said first end of said pole, said head including a plate attached to said pole and a plurality of tines extending away from said plate, said tines being approximately coplanar with each other, each of said tines having a distal end with respect to said plate, each of a plurality of teeth being attached to one of said distal ends, said teeth extending downwardly from a plane of said tines; said plate being pivotally coupled to said pole to allow said head to be positioned in an extended position extending outwardly away from said first end or in a folded position folded back against said pole and extending toward said second end of said pole, said plate abutting said pole when said head is in said extended position to prevent the plane of said tines to move through a longitudinal axis of said pole, said longitudinal axis extending through said first and second ends; a catch being attached to said plate, said catch engaging said first end to retain said head in said extended position; and wherein said pole is extended to said engaged position to retrieve an object from water with said head.