Patent ID: 7490880

Claim:
A tool for retrieving articles from a bed of a vehicle, said tool comprising: a handle sleeve being graspable to facilitate manipulation of said handle sleeve; an extension rod being slidably mounted to said handle sleeve, said extension arm being telescopic to vary a length of said extension rod, said extension rod being extended from said handle sleeve when said extension rod is lengthened, a portion of said extension rod being positioned in said handle sleeve when said extension rod is retracted; an offset arm being coupled to a free end of said extension rod; a retrieval arm being hingedly coupled to said offset arm, said retrieval arm being pivoted between a deployed position aligned with said offset arm and a stored position; said stored position being defined by said retrieval arm being positioned orthogonally to said offset arm and extending back towards said handle sleeve, said retrieval ram being positioned adjacent a planar face of said handle sleeve when said retrieval arm is in said stored position and said extension rod is retracted into said handle sleeve; and said handle sleeve including a first end and a second end, said extension rod being attached to said second end, a flange being attached to said handle sleeve and abutting said first end, said planar face extending from said second end to said flange, said retrieval arm extending to said flange when said retrieval arm is in the stored position.