Patent ID: 8091606

Claim:
An operating wand comprising: a handle having an upper end and a lower end, a portion of the handle having a non-circular cross-section; an upper rod having an upper end and a lower end; an intermediate rod having a first end and a second end, the first end pivotably attached to the upper end of the handle and the second end pivotably attached to the lower end of the upper rod; and a sleeve on at least a portion of the upper rod, the sleeve sized to cover the handle, intermediate rod and a lower portion of the upper rod, keeping the handle, intermediate rod and upper rod in a co-linear alignment when the sleeve is in a first position, the sleeve capable of being slid up the upper rod to a second position allowing the intermediate rod to be moved relative to the handle and the upper rod so that the intermediate rod is not co-linear with the handle and not co-linear with the upper rod, and the sleeve also having a bore, the bore having a mating portion, the mating portion having a non-circular cross-section configured to mate with the portion of the handle having a non-circular cross-section such that when the mating portion of the bore is aligned with that portion of the handle, rotation of the sleeve will rotate the handle.