Grab-stick for litter

A grab stick for picking up litter comprising in combination an elongated support column having a laterally projecting hand grip portion at its upper end and a gripper jaw portion at its lower end, an elongated swing leg pivotally connected at its upper end by a first pivot to said support column on that side thereof opposite to said hand grip portion and adjacent a lower end of said support column, said elongated swing leg having a gripper jaw portion at its lower end for swinging toward and away from the gripper jaw portion of said support column between respective closed and opened clamping positions, a control link member pivotally connected at one end thereof by a second pivot to said support column on that side of the support column from which said hand grip portion projects, a pull rod projecting through said support column and pivotally connected by a respective third and fourth pivots at its opposite ends to said swing leg and to said control link member, a trigger rod pivotally connected by a fifth pivot to said control link member between said second and fourth pivots and extending therefrom to terminate in a finger grip immediately below said hand grip portion, spring means for swinging said swing leg normally to its opened position to seat said control link member against said support rod, imaginary lines between said second and third pivots, said second and fourth pivots and said third and fourth pivots in said opened position of said gripper jaw setting-off a triangle of a predetermined height as measured by an imaginary line from said second pivot normal to the imaginary line between said third and fourth pivots, and said predetermined height being appreciably lessened in said closed position of said gripper jaw whereby said second, third and fourth pivots are brought closer to linear alignment to produce high clamping force in response to trigger rod movement.