Patent Publication Number: US-9841829-B1

Title: Extension rod assembly

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The disclosure and prior art relates to rod devices and more particularly pertains to a new rod device for reaching an object from a vehicle. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a first rod that may be gripped by a user in a vehicle. A second rod is provided and the second rod is hingedly coupled to the first rod. The second rod is selectively positioned in a deployed position having the second rod being oriented colinear with the first rod. In this way the second rod may selectively manipulate an object that is out of reach of the user. The second rod is selectively positioned in a folded position having the second rod being oriented coextensive with the first rod. A stylus is coupled to the second rod engage buttons. A hook is coupled to and extends laterally away from the second rod. The hook is manipulated to engage and selectively move the object. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view of an extension rod assembly according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is a perspective in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a top view of an embodiment of the disclosure in a folded position. 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective view of a bag of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 5  thereof, a new rod device embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 5 , the extension rod assembly  10  generally comprises a first rod  12  that is selectively gripped by a user  14  in a vehicle  16 . The first rod  12  has a first end  18  and a second end  20  and the first end  18  is selectively gripped. A first hinge  22  is coupled to the second end  20  of the first rod  12  and a grip  24  is positioned around the first rod  12 . The grip  24  is aligned with the first end  18  to enhance gripping the first rod  12 . Additionally, the grip  24  is comprised of a resiliently compressible material such as rubber or the like. 
     A second rod  26  is provided and the second rod  26  is hingedly coupled to the first rod  12 . The second rod  26  is selectively positioned in a deployed position having the second rod  26  being oriented to be colinear with the first rod  12 . In this way the second rod  26  may manipulate an object is out of reach of the user  14 . The second rod  26  is selectively positioned in a folded position having the second rod  26  being oriented to be coextensive with the first rod  12 . The second rod  26  has a primary end  28  and a secondary end  30  and a second hinge  32  is coupled to the secondary end  30  of the second rod  26 . The second hinge  32  is hingedly coupled to the first hinge  22 . 
     A stylus  34  is provided and the stylus  34  is coupled to the second rod  26  to engage buttons. The stylus  34  has a first end  36  and a second end  38  and the stylus  34  tapers to a blunt point at the second end  38  of the stylus  34 . The first end  18  of the stylus  34  is coupled to the primary end  28  of the second rod  26  and the stylus  34  may be comprised of a resiliently compressible material. Additionally, the stylus  34  may be comprised of an electrically conductive material thereby facilitating the stylus  34  to manipulate a touch screen. 
     A hook  40  is provided and the hook  40  is coupled to and extends laterally away from the second rod  26 . In this way the hook  40  is selectively manipulated to move the object. The hook  40  is centrally positioned on the second rod  26  and the hook  40  has a distal end  42  with respect to the second rod  26 . The hook  40  is curved between the second rod  26  and the distal end  42  having the distal end  42  being directed toward the primary end  28  of the second rod  26 . A bag  44  is provided and each of the first  12  and second  26  rods is selectively stored in the bag  44 . The bag  44  has a drawstring  46  to close the bag  44 . 
     In use, the second rod  26  is positioned in the deployed position and the grip  24  is gripped. The first rod  12  is manipulated to facilitate the stylus  34  to engage a touch screen on an ATM or other similar device when the user  14  is in the vehicle  16 . In this way the touch screen may be manipulated without exiting the vehicle  16 . The second rod  26  is additionally selectively positioned to manipulate a remote object with respect to the vehicle  16  without exiting the vehicle  16 . The remote object may be a call button in a pharmacy drive up or any other remote object. Moreover, the first rod  12  is manipulated to facilitate the second rod  26  to engage a control in the vehicle  16  that is out of reach of the user  14  such as a gas tank release or the like. The first rod  12  is additionally manipulated to facilitate the hook  40  to engage a door on the vehicle  16  to facilitate the user  14  to close the door without leaning. In this way the second rod  26  and the hook  40  assist a physically limited user  14  to perform activities from a vehicle  16 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.