Patent ID: 7334503

Claim:
A light bulb changing tool for use with an electric vacuum cleaner for changing a light bulb, wherein the electric vacuum cleaner has a suction nozzle of an indeterminate diameter, the light bulb changing tool comprising: a suction cup defining a bulb-receiving mouth and a suction line opening leading thereto; a tubular handle having an upper end and a lower end, the upper end is coupled to the suction cup; a rotatable slip joint connected to the lower end of the tubular handle; and a vacuum cleaner coupling connected to the rotatable slip joint, the rotatable slip joint is interposed between the vacuum cleaner coupling and the tubular handle such that the tubular handle can rotate relative to the vacuum cleaner coupling, the vacuum cleaner coupling defining a suction inlet of varying cross-sectional area to receive the nozzle of indeterminate diameter, the tubular handle and the rotatable slip joint place the vacuum cleaner coupling in fluid communication with the suction line opening of the suction cup, thereby enabling the electric vacuum cleaner to create suction in the suction cup for gripping the light bulb while the rotatable slip joint enables the tubular handle to be rotated to rotate the light bulb.