Tool reach extender
AssigneeMarilyn S. Fox
InventorMorton H. Fox
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Abstract
A tool reach extender is usable with a variety of different hand tools, and has grip handle portion fitting into a saddle member slidably adjustable on a guide structure at one end of the reach extender. The guide structure front end is connected to a cradle which has a clamp screw engageable against the undersurface of a tool body. The cradle has a U-shaped bridging bar to overlie the upper surface of the tool body so that the nose portion of the tool is clamped in the cradle. The saddle member and cradle cooperatively grip and support the tool. Various tool sizes are accommodated.
Claims15
A tool reach extender for a portable tool having a body with a front nose portion, a pistol grip handle and a trigger associated with the handle, said tool reach extender comprising:
- cradle means engageable with the tool body front nose portion,
- a guide structure rigidly attached to said cradle means and extending from the cradle means for positioning under the tool body,
- a saddle member reciprocally slidable on the guide structure and adjustable toward or away from the cradle means, said saddle member having a recessed socket surface engageable with a bottom end surface of the tool handle, whereby the saddle member and cradle means jointly support the tool,
- an elongated arm structure extending from said guide structure,
- manual handle means on said arm structure remote from said guide structure,
- trigger-actuation means extending along the arm structure and having a hook engageable with the tool trigger, and a manual grip element proximate to said handle means, said trigger-actuation means being operable by manual squeezing of said grip element toward said handle means and away from said hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.