Patent ID: 7234743

Claim:
A light bulb changer comprising in combination an outer casing, said outer casing having a near end and a distal end, said near end having mounted thereon, a vacuum cup assembly, wherein said cup of the vacuum cup assembly has an inside bottom surface; the distal end of the outer casing having attached thereto, an extension attachment, said extension attachment having a distal end, said distal end of the extension attachment configured to provide an extension handle; said vacuum cup assembly having a near end and a distal end, said vacuum cup distal end being connected to a flexible neck, said vacuum cup near end comprising a vacuum cup, said vacuum cup having an outside surface and inside bottom surface and a protrusion therethrough incorporating a vacuum intake head; said outer casing containing therein a vacuum pump, said vacuum pump being located near the near end of the outer casing, said vacuum pump having a near end and a distal end and an outside surface, said vacuum pump near end having connected thereto, a first vacuum line, the distal end of the vacuum pump having connected thereto an electrically driven motor, said outside surface of the vacuum pump having therein an exhaust port, said electrical motor being electrically connected to a power switch and said power switch being electrically connected to a power source, said electrical connection connecting to said motor completing a circuit; said first vacuum line having a near end and a distal end, said first vacuum line near end containing a check valve, said first vacuum line distal end being connected to the vacuum pump; said check valve having a near end, a distal end, an internal passageway and an in-line check system, said check valve near end connected to a second vacuum line, said check valve distal end connected to a the first vacuum line; said second vacuum line near end being connected to the vacuum intake head, said vacuum intake head having a near end and a distal end, said vacuum intake head distal end being connected to said second vacuum line, said vacuum intake head near end having a centered opening therethrough that allows for the passage of air and is essentially in the bottom inside surface of the vacuum cup; said flexible neck having a near end and a distal end, said distal end of the flexible neck being connected to the outer casing and the near end being connected to the vacuum cup assembly; a release mechanism having a near end and a distal end, said release mechanism near end connected to the outside surface of the vacuum cup, said release mechanism distal end being attached to a pull device.