Patent ID: 8347762

Claim:
A device for engaging a glad hand, comprising: a receptacle shaped to allow a glad hand to be seated therein, the receptacle formed by a base and a plurality of side walls extending from the base, the receptacle having an open end opposite the base, the plurality of side walls having opposing first and second side walls and opposing third and fourth side walls, the first and second side walls having a generally rigid tongue-shaped element extending beyond the open end of the receptacle, the tongue-shaped element having a tip opposite the base of the receptacle, the tip having a laterally tapering edge such that the tip's width narrows as it extends away from the base, the third and fourth side walls having an inwardly bowed edge at the open end of the receptacle, the bowed edge having an arcuate shape curving towards the base, the tongue-shaped element integrally extending from the first and second side walls beyond the third and fourth side walls at the open end of the receptacle, the first and second side walls extending a greater distance away from the base than the third and fourth side walls; and an adaptor flange axially extending from an exterior surface of the base of the receptacle opposite the plurality of side walls, the adaptor flange having a body, a central cavity and an open end opposite the base, the central cavity of the adaptor flange extending longitudinally within at least part of the body from the open end, the central cavity suitable for receiving a drive shaft.