Patent ID: 7439727

Claim:
A pair of interlocking electrical test probes used to take electrical readings in an electrical circuit comprising a first test probe and a second test probe; said first test probe and said second test probe each having a metallic or similarly electrically conductive probe end to contact said electrical circuit; said first test probe and said second test probe each having an electrically insulated body to enable safe holding of said first test probe and said second test probe; said first test probe and said second test probe each having an interlocking end, with said interlocking end of said first test probe mating with said interlocking end of said second test probe; with said interlocking ends comprising: an opening slot in an end of said first test probe; said slot opening into a circular hole in said end of said first test probe; and a mating bar in an end of said second test probe; whereby said mating bar slides through said slot into said circular hole thereby interlocking said ends, the interlocked ends being operable to pivot, thereby enabling said pair of interlocking electrical test probes to pivot about said interlocked ends; said pair of interlocking electrical test probes thus enabled to become a joined pair of electrical test probes by means of said interlocking end of said first test probe being interlocked with said interlocking end of said second test probe thereby forming an interlocked joint; said joined pair of electrical test probes thus enabled to pivot about said interlocked joint thereby enabling said joined pair of electrical test probes to be operable with one hand; also, said pair of interlocking electrical test probes enabled to be an unjoined pair of electrical test probes thus enabling separate and independent motion of said first test probe with respect to said second test probe, said pair of interlocking electrical test probes thus being operable with two hands.