Pick up device

A pick up device comprising:

• a handgrip assembly having a trigger;
• a dual jaw member gripping assembly comprising a pair of elongated jaw members each having a front leg portion, a rear leg portion, and a pivot pin aperture intermediate said front and rear leg portions, a bottom plate having a front triangular portion with an elongated tail portion extending rearwardly, said bottom plate having built in hubs located adjacent the forward end of said front triangular portion that align themselves with the apertures of said jaw members, side walls extend upwardly from the lateral edges of said tail portion and these side walls along with a rear wall extending upwardly from the rear end of said tail portion form a compartment for receiving an elongated clevis that is slidable longitudinally back and forth within said compartment when said trigger is squeezed and released, and a top plate having a front triangular portion with an elongated tail portion extending rearwardly, said jaw members being able to pivot about these hubs to touch each at the tips of their front leg portions;
• an elongated tubular member having its one end connected to said handgrip assembly and its other end connected to said dual jaw member gripping assembly;
• an elongated rod member passing through the interior of said tubular member having its one end connected to said trigger and its opposite end connected to means for pivoting said jaw members about their respective hubs to close said jaw members about an object;
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• said means for pivoting said jaw members comprises a clevis which is received inside said compartment formed in said bottom plate and this structure in turn is received in one end of said tubular sleeve and said clevis has a receptacle for receiving the front tip portion of said rod member.