Patent ID: 8225697
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B25B,B67B

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, at least two fingers depending from the hub at an angle relative thereto, the fingers being in opposed relationship with each other, the opposed fingers each having a lower edge, said opposed fingers having a first transverse distance between the lower edges thereof so that inner surfaces of the fingers engage the sidewall of the cap when the cap is received by the tool, the lower edges of the fingers engaging the pest control device when the cap is disposed on the pest control device and the cap is received by the tool; and at least two skirt sections configured different from said fingers, said skirt sections depending from the hub and disposed adjacent said fingers and in opposed relationship with each other, the opposed skirt sections each having a lower edge, said opposed skirt sections having a second transverse distance between the lower edges thereof that is greater than the first transverse distance between the lower edges of the opposed fingers, said fingers being resiliently moveable relative to said skirt sections, each of the fingers being circumferentially spaced from the adjacent skirt section by a gap, at least a portion of the gap being formed in the hub, the at least two fingers and the at least two skirt sections being circularly aligned such that each of the fingers and each of the skirt sections lie on a common circle.