Patent ID: 7243419

Claim:
A device for removing the boot from a spark plug, comprising: a) a handle portion, the handle portion comprising two opposing mating halves substantially bounding an interior region, a trigger rotatably attached to the handle portion, one end of the trigger being disposed within the interior region and the other end of the trigger extending from the interior region; b) an extension shaft coupled on one end to the handle portion; c) a grasping portion coupled to the other end of the extension shaft, the grasping portion comprising a grasping body, a fixed grasping member coupled to the grasping body, a rotatable grasping member coupled to the grasping body, and a pull block disposed within the region bounded by the grasping body and between indentations formed within both the fixed grasping member and the rotatable grasping member; and d) a control rod coupled on one end to the end of the trigger disposed within the interior region and on the other end to the pull block, the control rod extending from the handle portion through the extension shaft to the grasping portion whereby to remove a spark plug boot from a spark plug, a user positions the grasping portion over a spark plug boot and compresses the end of the trigger extending from the interior region, causing the control rod to exert a force on and lift the pull block into contact with the fixed grasping member and the rotatable grasping member, causing the rotatable grasping member to move towards the fixed grasping member and thus clamp around the spark plug boot, wherein the user then can exert a force on the handle portion outside of the engine compartment to remove the spark plug boot from the spark plug.