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US 11,691,296 B2Granted
Adjustable length grabber
AssigneeAerocraft Products LLC
InventorPhilip Rosso
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Abstract
An extendable mechanical grabber is presented for grabbing objects at a distance. The grabber has two extension portions that slide relative to one another through a mechanical engagement. A trigger on the first extension portion is mounted in a handle. The trigger pulls a cable that passes to an activator on a grabber head mounted on the second extension portion. The cable passes from the trigger, through a pulley connected to the activator, through a second pulley mounted at on the second extension portion, and back to a terminal attachment on an end of the first extension portion opposite the handle.
Claims21
An extendable grabber comprising:
- a) a cable having a first end and a second end;
- b) a first extension portion having a handle end and a distal end;
- c) a handle attached to the handle end of the first extension portion, the handle having a trigger mechanically attached to the first end of the cable for pulling the cable;
- d) a terminal attachment attached to the distal end of the first extension portion and attached to the second end of the cable;
- e) a second extension portion having a proximal end and a head end, the second extension portion being mechanically engaged with the first extension portion so as to be moveable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- f) a head attached to the head end of the second extension portion, the head actively engaged to a middle part of the cable through a first pulley such that a pull on the first pulley by the cable activates the head;
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- g) a second pulley attached at the proximal end of the second extension portion, the cable extending from the trigger to the first pulley, then to the second pulley, then to the terminal attachment.
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A grabber set comprising:
- a) a cable having a first end and a second end;
- b) a first extension portion having a handle end and a distal end;
- c) a handle attached to the handle end of the first extension portion, the handle having a trigger mechanically attached to the first end of the cable for pulling the cable;
- d) a terminal attachment attached to the distal end of the first extension portion and attached to the second end of the cable;
- e) a second extension portion having a proximal end and a head end, the second extension portion being mechanically engaged with the first extension portion so as to be moveable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- f) an activator attached to the head end of the second extension portion, the activator actively engaged to a middle part of the cable through a first pulley such that a pull on the first pulley by the cable moves the activator;
- g) a second pulley attached at the proximal end of the second extension portion, the cable extending from the trigger to the first pulley, then to the second pulley, then to the terminal attachment;
- h) a mount for replaceable heads attached to the head end of the second extension portion, the mount having an attachment mechanism for the replaceable heads;
- i) a first replaceable grabber head adapted to be mounted on the mount, the first replaceable grabber head having a first actuator that engages with the activator when mounted;
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- j) a second replaceable grabber head adapted to be mounted on the mount, the second replaceable grabber head having a second actuator that engages with the activator when mounted, wherein the second replaceable grabber head has a different number of arms than the first replaceable grabber head.
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An extendable grabber comprising:
- a) a cable having a first end and second end;
- b) a first extension portion having a handle end and a distal end;
- c) a handle attached to the handle end of the first extension portion, the handle having a trigger and a rod, the rod being mechanically attached to the trigger and the first end of the cable;
- d) a terminal attachment attached to the distal end of the first extension portion and attached to the second end of the cable;
- e) a second extension portion having a proximal end and a head end, the second extension portion being mechanically engaged with the first extension portion so as to be moveable between an extended position and a retracted position;
- f) a head attached to the head end of the second extension portion, the head actively engaged to a middle part of the cable such that increased tension on the cable activates the head;
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- g) a pulley attached at the proximal end of the second extension portion, the cable extending from the trigger to the head, then to the pulley, then to the terminal attachment.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.