Patent ID: 7980609

Claim:
An improvement for an elongate tool device that engages objects from remote distances and that have engagement elements located on a distal end of a rod, said rod defining an axis, a handle at a proximate end of said rod, a controller on said handle to control said engagement elements, and a linkage between said controller and said engagement elements to control said engagement elements, said improvement comprising connection means located between said engagement elements and said handle wherein said connection means comprises a locking element disposed at the proximate end of the rod, a seat adapted to receive the locking element, and a radial extension provided on an inner surface of the seat, the locking element having at least two axial grooves adapted to receive the radial extension for allowing the orientation of said rod with respect to said handle to be seated into at least two pre-selected fixed positions which are at angular positions on an axis defined by said rod and which are approximately 90 degrees from one another.