Finger mounted vacuum pickup tool
OwnerKenneth Jeffrey Nelsoninventor
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Abstract
A finger mounted vacuum pickup tool for picking up a material may include a finger band configured to accommodate insertion of a user's finger therein; a ring cap attached to the finger band; and a vacuum cup attached to the ring cap, the vacuum cup including a cup portion and a protrusion extending from a rear surface of the cup portion, the protrusion having a vacuum cup channel extending therethrough, wherein the vacuum cup is configured to create a vacuum seal against the material. The ring cap may include a ring cap inlet channel extending from the vacuum cup to a vent port. The tool may further include an actuation button positioned within the vent port or a vacuum supply tube operatively attached to the ring cap.
Claims9
A finger mounted vacuum pickup tool for picking up a material, the tool comprising:
- a finger band configured to accommodate insertion of a user's finger therein;
- a ring cap attached to the finger band;
- and
- a vacuum cup attached to the ring cap, the vacuum cup including a cup portion and a protrusion extending from a rear surface of the cup portion, the protrusion having a vacuum cup channel extending therethrough,
- wherein:
- the vacuum cup is configured to create a vacuum seal against the material;
- the ring cap comprises:
- a ring cap body comprising an inner surface, an outer surface, a pair of elongate side surfaces connecting elongate edges of the inner surface to elongate edges of the outer surface, and a pair of shorter side surfaces connecting shorter side surfaces of the inner surface to shorter side surfaces of the outer surface;
- the inner surface comprises a plurality of sockets, wherein each socket is configured to removably engage with an end of the finger band;
- a ring cap nipple extending outward from the outer surface of the ring cap body, the ring cap nipple including a ring cap inlet channel extending therethrough;
- and
- a vent port extending into a first shorter side surface of the pair of shorter side surfaces, wherein the vent port, the ring cap inlet channel, and the vacuum cup channel are in fluid communication.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.