Patent ID: 7694609

Claim:
An apparatus for extracting a light bulb base from a light fixture socket, comprising: a. a body portion to be held in a person's hand; b. first and second ends of the body portion, each end terminating in a cone shaped portion; c. the surface of each cone end portion providing a surface to frictionally engage a portion of the inner wall of the light bulb base for rotating the base out of engagement with the socked as the apparatus is rotated; and d. an extender pole, an end of which includes a cylindrical opening into which a portion of the body portion is engaged, so that at either of the cone shaped portions of the body portion can extend from the end of the cylindrical opening in order to engage the base of the light bulb; the body portion held in place with a bolt extending through the wall of the pole and an opening in the body portion, so that when the pole is rotated, the body portion will rotate with the pole to disengage the light bulb base.