Patent ID: 8214989

Claim:
A tool for installing and removing a pitot tube cover from a pitot tube at an elevated position on an airplane wherein said cover includes a body having an annular opening to an internal cavity for receiving the pitot tube and a pair of laterally spaced tab members on said body of said cover, said tool comprising: an adjustable support member providing for selective vertical length adjustment between a retracted and an extended position, said support member including telescoping tubular upper and lower members wherein said upper member includes a distal upwardly opening cylindrical socket; a base member formed of planar light weight material; a cylindrical hub attached to a lower surface of said base member and received in said socket of said support member. said base member including a pair of forwardly projecting laterally spaced arms each having an aperture in a frontal portion thereof; a pair post members having cylindrical shafts extended through said apertures and an enlarged cylindrical bases connected to lower surfaces of said arms, said shafts having an enlarged annular swaged section at the top surfaces of said arms mechanically preventing removal over said post members, said post members being formed of soft aluminum, said post members engaging said tab members of said cover for shifting said cover relative to said pitot tube upon guided movement of said support member; a transverse opening through said socket and said hub; a cylindrical shaft extending through said opening and having outer ends symmetrically disposed with respect thereto, said ends providing alignment assistance as said cover is guided into alignment with said pitot tube; a fastener attaching said rod to said hub; and upwardly extending laterally spaced bracket members limiting movement of said body of said cover during insertion on said pitot tube.