Manual pick-up device
AssigneeBel-Art Products, Inc.
InventorsPaul Thom, David Landsberger, Francis Gomes
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Abstract
A manual pick-up device includes a housing having a handle at one end, a fixed upper jaw at an opposite end, and a longitudinally extending shank extending therebetween. A movable jaw member is pivotally supported within the housing and extends outwardly through a housing opening to enable cooperation with the fixed upper jaw. A spring-biased actuating trigger is connected to the movable lower jaw by a connection element such that manual actuation of the trigger toward the handle urges the closing of the movable jaw against the fixed upper jaw, so as to enable an operator to grasp an object between the upper and lower jaws of the device.
Claims20
A manual pick-up device, comprising:
- a housing having handle and fixed jaw portions separated by a longitudinally extending shank;
- a movable jaw having a distal end pivotally mounted within an interior space of said housing and a proximal end extending forwardly therefrom through a housing opening for cooperation with said fixed jaw portion;
- an actuating trigger having upper and lower segments captivated within an interior space of said housing in a manner limiting movement of said trigger to a direction substantially parallel to said longitudinally extending shank;
- a biasing arrangement for biasing said actuating trigger;
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- a connection element connecting an upper end of said actuating trigger to the distal end of said movable jaw,
- wherein, manual actuation of said trigger toward said handle causes pivotal movement of said movable jaw, thereby urging said movable jaw toward the fixed jaw portion of said housing facilitating grasping of an object situated therebetween.
A manual pick-up device, comprising:
- a housing longitudinally bisected into corresponding first and second housing segments each defining a distally located handle portion and a proximally located stationary jaw portion separated by a longitudinally extending shank portion;
- a movable lower jaw portion having a distal end pivotally mounted within an interior space of said housing and proximal end extending forwardly therefrom through a housing opening defined by said first and second housing segments;
- an actuating trigger having upper and lower portions, said upper segments being slidably captivated within an interior housing space defined by said first and second housing segments in a manner limiting movement of said trigger to a direction substantially parallel to said longitudinally extending shank;
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- a connection element connecting the upper segment of said actuating trigger to the distal end of said movable lower jaw.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.