Patent ID: 8132978

Claim:
A tool positioning apparatus comprising: a first housing member having an aperture, wherein said first housing member has an internal surface and external surface, said internal surface having a plurality of housing teeth, said external surface bearing a male threading for attaching a tool; a second housing member, said second member in contact with and rotatable relative to said first housing member, said second member having a coupling means for attaching to a pole; a gear disposed between said first housing member and second housing member, said gear having an outwardly facing gear surface and an inwardly facing gear surface, wherein gear teeth disposed on said inwardly facing gear surface reversibly engage said housing teeth, said gear having two opposing substantially straight sides and two opposing substantially curved sides, wherein an outwardly oriented triangular protrusion is disposed at the relative center of each said substantially straight sides; a biasing means to urge said gear into a meshing engagement with said housing teeth; a push button disposed within said aperture of said first housing member, said push button having at least one projection for making reversible contact with the inwardly facing surface of said gear when said pushbutton is actuated, wherein the housing teeth and gear teeth are disengaged from the meshing engagement when the force from said push button is sufficient to overcome said biasing means, whereby said first and second housing members may be rotated relative to each other; a tool handle housing coupled to a tool; a female housing coupled to said tool handle housing, the inner surface of said female housing having a female threading, said threading capable of reversibly threadably engaging said male threading.