Patent ID: 8641110

Claim:
A reacher-grabber tool, comprising: first and second interconnected substantially planar appendages extending in respective first and second directions from a pole-connection mechanism; a first open-ended slot in a distal edge of the first appendage; and a second open-ended slot in a distal edge of the second appendage; wherein the first and second appendages are disposed on substantially opposite sides of the pole-connection mechanism; wherein the first appendage extends at a substantially right angle from a first stop plate of the reacher-grabber tool, and the second appendage extends at a substantially right angle from a second stop plate of the reacher-grabber tool; and wherein the pole-connection mechanism comprises a threaded nut that engages a threaded end of a pole; the first appendage is oriented along a plane that is substantially parallel to an axis of the pole-connection mechanism; and the second appendage is oriented along a plane that is substantially normal to the axis of the pole-connection mechanism.