Patent ID: 7857368

Claim:
Rain gutter cleaning tongs, comprising: a pair of arms, each arm having an elongate distal portion and a shorter proximal portion that are arranged relative to each other at an obtuse angle, wherein the pair of arms are pivotally attached to each other at their proximal portions with the obtuse angles generally facing each other, the distal portions having generally flat and wide profiles, a lower arm having at least two rising walls, one at each outbound edge, around at least a portion of each distal portion and positioned substantially 90 degrees from each distal portion that are generally opposite each other and are adapted to capture debris therebetween when the pair of arms are brought together; a spring for spring loading the pair of arms; said shorter proximal portion of each arm having a width about the same as a width of the elongate distal portion; each arm member having the same width; a distal tip of each shorter proximal portion of each arm having a straight edge 90° relative to a longitudinal axis of the arms and having a smaller width than the elongate distal portion; a lower arm shorter proximal portion angled slightly upward from its elongate distal portion; an upper arm shorter proximal portion angled slightly upward from its elongate distal portion so as to be parallel to the lower arm shorter proximal portion; and each of said shorter proximal portions having a planar shape without any holes.