Patent ID: 6283519
Filing Date: 2001-09-04
Classification: B25B,F21S

Abstract:
A lighting rod comprising:a reach rod which is a rigid member having a handle end and a hook end;a rod tip affixed to the hook end of the reach rod and having a hook aperture that is sized, shaped and positioned to receive a shank of a holder hook loosely;a holder hook having a holder-hook shank positioned in the hook aperture, a hook bay on a hook side of the rod tip and a hook base to which the holder-hook shank is attached on a handle side of the rod tip;a hook spring having spring-pressure actuation of the hook base in a direction that is towards the handle end of the reach rod and away from the hook end of the reach rod;a spring releaser having a spring-release handle proximate a handle end of the reach rod and a spring-release member intermediate the spring-release handle and the hook base;the hook spring being a contraction spring that has contraction pressure intermediate a contraction-spring hook base and a contraction-spring base; andthe contraction spring having a hook end attached to the contraction-spring hook base and a handle end attached to the contraction-spring base.