Adjustable gripping device

An adjustable gripping device having a plurality of pickup elements, comprising:

• an elongated hollow body having a first end and a second end comprised of at least two adjustable telescoping members;
• a handle secured to the first end and a movable trigger assembly held in the handle;
• the second end having a plurality of adjustable and movable gripping elements rotatably held thereon;
• a flexible, non-resilient control link held in the elongated hollow body and connected between the movable trigger assembly and flexible leg portions of the gripping elements extending into the elongated hollow body;
• a wind assembly held in the handle and connected between the movable trigger assembly and the flexible, non-resilient control link to control operation of the gripping elements when the movable trigger assembly is actuated;
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• the movable trigger assembly having a trigger lock mounted thereon to cooperate with the trigger assembly and lock it in place during use.

An adjustable gripping device having a pair of gripping elements, comprising:

• an elongated hollow body having a first end and a second end comprised of a first body portion and a second body portion adjustably telescoped together;
• a telescoping lock mounted over the first body portion and the second body portion to control the adjustment thereof;
• a handle secured to the first end and a movable trigger assembly held in the handle;
• the second end having the pair of gripping elements rotatably held thereon;
• a flexible, non-resilient control link held in the elongated hollow body and connected between the movable trigger assembly and flexible leg portions of the pair of gripping elements;
• the flexible leg portions having ends which extend into the elongated hollow body and which are attached to a first end of the non-resilient control link;
• the movable trigger assembly having a trigger lock mounted on the movable trigger assembly;
• a wind assembly held in the handle and connected between the movable trigger assembly and a second end of the flexible, non-resilient control link to control operation of the pair of gripping elements when the trigger assembly is moved into the handle.

An adjustable gripping device having a pair of gripping elements, comprising:

• an elongated hollow body having a first end and a second end comprised of a first body portion and a second body portion adjustably telescoped together;
• a telescoping lock mounted over the first body portion and the second body portion to control the adjustment thereof;
• the telescoping lock having a housing with a lever mounted thereon and a pin secured to the lever, which pin, upon operation of the lever is inserted into and out of selected openings formed in the first body portion and the second body portion to allow the first body portion and the second body portion to be moved with respect to each other and then locked in position to lengthen or shorten the adjustable gripping device;
• a handle secured to the first end and a movable trigger assembly held in the handle;
• the second end having the pair of gripping elements rotatably held thereon;
• a flexible, non-resilient control link held in the elongated hollow body and connected between the movable trigger assembly and flexible leg portions of the pair of gripping elements;
• the flexible leg portions having ends which extend into the elongated hollow body and which are attached to a first end of the non-resilient control link;
• the movable trigger assembly having a trigger lock mounted thereon;
• a wind assembly held in the handle and connected between the movable trigger assembly and a second end of the flexible, non-resilient control link to control operation of the pair of gripping elements when the trigger assembly is actuated;
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• the second end includes a pivoting joint with a pair of locking elements that are actuated to allow the gripping elements to be pivoted around the second end in a selected direction.