Patent ID: 6874833
Filing Date: 2005-04-05
Classification: B25J,E01H

Abstract:
1. A hand-held tool, for grasping items located at a distance from the operator comprising: a tool body, including a handle extending therefrom, for holding by the operator, and a moveable trigger operably arranged with said handle; a first movable, pickup finger, for aid in grasping an item in response to squeezing said trigger; a second movable pickup finger for aiding in grasping an item in response to squeezing said trigger; a first, elongated, rigid member, attached between said tool body and said a first moveable finger and said second moveable pickup finger, for holding said tool body and said a first moveable and said second movable pickup finger, in a spaced-apart arrangement; a second pair of flexible members attached between said trigger and said a first moveable finger, for moving said finger in response to movement of said trigger; a lockable element wherein said movable, pickup finger may be locked in a plurality of positions between a fully closed position and a fully open position; a loosely-arranged binding plate, moveable by the thumb of the hand holding said handle, arranged for movement against said lockable element for permitting infinite locking positions of said a first movable finger against the item grasped by said finger; and, a socket means in said tool body for receiving said first, rigid, elongated member, said first, elongated, rigid member being adapted to be pulled out of said socket means and be turned in any arrangement about said elongated, rigid member's central axis, for operating said attached a first moveable finger, in a plurality of axes in relation to the plane of said handle.