Patent ID: 6854776

Claim:
An archery arrow shaft gripper and puller comprising a left handle and a right handle each having a hinged end and an open end, said hinged end of said left handle hinged by a connecting means to said hinged end of said right handle, said left handle and said right handle face each other, said left handle having a gripping pad mounted to said left handle near said hinged end of said left handle, said right handle having a gripping pad mounted to said right handle near said hinged end of said right handle, said gripping pads mounted facing each other in a cooperating relationship when said handles are swung towards one another, said connecting means comprises a left horizontal receiving slot in said hinged end of said left handle, a left vertical pin bore in said left handle intersecting said left horizontal receiving slot, a right horizontal receiving slot in said hinged end of said right handle, a right vertical pin bore in said right handle intersecting said right horizontal receiving slot, a horizontal linking bridge having a first vertical bridge bore at a first end of said bridge and a second vertical bridge bore at a second end of said bridge, said first end of said bridge is slidingly received into said left horizontal receiving slot, said first vertical bridge bore coaxially aligned with said left vertical pin bore, said bridge is retained in said left horizontal receiving slot by a fulcrum pin closely fitted and retained in said left vertical pin bore and said fulcrum pin slidingly received through said first vertical bridge bore, said second end of said bridge is slidingly received into said right horizontal receiving slot, said second vertical bridge bore coaxially aligned with said right vertical pin bore, said bridge is retained in said right horizontal receiving slot by a right retaining pin closely fitted and retained in said right vertical pin bore and said right retaining pin slidingly received through said second vertical bridge bore.