Patent ID: 7272993
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A tool for removing a cap from a pest control device, said cap having a top and a sidewall depending from said top, the tool comprising: a hub and at least three fingers depending from the hub in circumferentially spaced relationship with each other to cooperatively define a socket for receiving the cap within the tool, the fingers being resiliently moveable relative to the hub upon receiving the cap into the socket whereby the fingers are biased laterally inward against the sidewall of the cap when the cap is received in the socket; and at least three stops extending from said fingers laterally inward of the socket, said stops being adapted for contacting the top of the cap upon receipt of the cap within the socket such that said fingers and stops cooperate to orient said tool on said cap, said tool including an even number of fingers and half as many stops, said stops extending from every other finger.