Patent ID: 8627751
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: A43C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for loosening and untying knots, comprising: a body including a front end and a rear end opposite said front end, a first section including a bore, and a second section including a bore and an outer surface, said outer surface of said second section including a plurality of channels formed therein; a pusher rod positioned slidably within said bore of said first section of said body; a shaft having a first end and a second end opposite said first end, and a head formed at said second end, said shaft being positioned slidably within said bore of said first section of said body and said bore of said second section of said body, said first end of said shaft being engaged with said pusher rod, said shaft being moveable between a retracted position and an engaged position in response to inward movement of said pusher rod within said body; and a plurality of prongs, each of which includes a base having a front surface, a rear surface opposite said front surface, a nose extending outwardly from said front surface, and a rail extending outwardly from said rear surface, each of said rails of said plurality of prongs being sized and shaped to slidably fit into a corresponding one of said plurality of channels of said second section of said body, said head of said shaft being engaged with said bases of said plurality of prongs, wherein said plurality of prongs is moveable between a retracted position, in which said noses of said plurality of prongs are juxtaposed with one another and adapted to being inserted within a knot, and an expanded position, in which said noses are spaced apart from one another when said shaft is moved to its engaged position, said noses of said plurality of prongs being adapted to loosen and untie the knot when said plurality of prongs is in its expanded position.