# US 12,007,525 B2 · Metal detector > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,007,525 B2 - Document ID: US12007525B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/602,471 - Filed: 2020-04-17 - Published: 2022-06-30 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2019-04-18 - Assignees: Minelab Electronics Pty Limited - Applicants: Minelab Electronics Pty. Limited - Inventors: Liam Ronald Cameron Gall - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12007525B2 ## CPC - G01V 3/15: specially adapted for use during transport, e.g. by a person, vehicle or boat - F16B 7/14: locking in intermediate {non-discrete} positions {(the rod or tube being locked by a tilting clip F16B2/246)} - G01V: GEOPHYSICS; GRAVITATIONAL MEASUREMENTS; DETECTING MASSES OR OBJECTS; TAGS (means for indicating the location of accidentally buried, e.g. snow-buried, persons A63B29/02) - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## Abstract A body for a handheld metal detector includes a lower end configured to engage with a sensor head; an upper end including an armrest connected to an upper shaft element; and a grip element intermediate to the lower end and the upper end, the grip element including a grip portion configured to allow a user to hold the body, and a first retaining means for slidably retaining the upper shaft element such that the distance between the armrest and the grip element is able to be adjusted. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A body for a handheld metal detector, the body comprising: a lower end configured comprising a lower shaft element to engage with a sensor head; an upper end comprising an armrest connected to an upper shaft element; and a grip element intermediate to the lower end and the upper end, the grip element comprising a grip portion configured to allow a user to hold the body, a first aperture for slidably retaining the upper shaft element such that the distance between the armrest and the grip element is able to be adjusted, and a second aperture for retaining the lower shaft element such that the lower shaft element and the upper shaft element extend in a spaced apart relationship with each other such that the body has an s-shape configuration. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The body as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first aperture further comprises a first locking means for selectively locking the position of the upper shaft element with respect to the grip element. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The body as claimed in claim 1, wherein the armrest is connected to an upper end of the upper shaft element, and a lower end of the upper shaft element is configured to be slidably retained by the first aperture. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The body as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first aperture and second aperture are positioned either side of the grip portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The body as claimed in claim 1, wherein the second aperture fixedly retains the lower shaft element with respect to the grip element. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The body as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lower shaft element and the upper shaft element extend in a spaced apart parallel relationship with each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The body as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lower shaft element extends from the grip element in a first direction and the armrest extends from the grip element in a second direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The body as claimed in claim 7, wherein the distance between the armrest and the grip is able to infinitely adjusted between a minimum length and a maximum length, where at the minimum length, the upper shaft is moved to a position where distance that the armrest extends from the grip in the second direction is minimised and a lower end of the upper shaft extends away from the grip in the first direction, and where at the maximum length, the upper shaft is moved to a position where the distance that the armrest extends away from the grip in the second direction is maximised and the lower end of the upper shaft is adjacent the grip. ### Claim 9 A metal detector comprising: a sensor head; and a body comprising: a lower end comprising a lower shaft element configured to engage with the sensor head; an upper end comprising an armrest connected to an upper shaft element; and a grip element intermediate the lower end and the upper end, the grip element comprising a grip portion configured to allow a user to hold the body, a first aperture for slidably retaining the upper shaft element such that the distance between the armrest and the grip element is able to be adjusted, and a second aperture for retaining the lower shaft element such that the lower shaft element and the upper shaft element extend in a spaced relationship with each other such that the body has an s-shape configuration. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The metal detector as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first aperture further comprises a first locking means for selectively locking the position of the upper shaft element with respect to the grip element. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The metal detector as claimed in claim 9, wherein the armrest is connected to an upper end of the upper shaft element, and a lower end of the upper shaft element is configured to be slidably retained by the first aperture. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The metal detector as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first aperture and second aperture are positioned either side of the grip portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The metal detector as claimed in claim 9, wherein the second aperture fixedly retains the lower shaft element with respect to the grip element. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The metal detector as claimed in claim 9, wherein the lower shaft element and the upper shaft element extend in a spaced apart parallel relationship with each other. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The metal detector as claimed in claim 9, wherein the lower shaft element extends from the grip element in a first direction and the armrest extends from the grip element in a second direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The metal detector as claimed in claim 15, wherein the armrest and the grip is able to infinitely adjusted between a minimum length and a maximum length, where at the minimum length, the upper shaft is moved to a position where distance that the armrest extends from the grip in the second direction is minimized and a lower end of the upper shaft extends away from the grip in the first direction, and where at the maximum length, the upper shaft is moved to a position where the distance that the armrest extends away from the grip in the second direction is maximized and the lower end of the upper shaft is adjacent the grip.