US 5,669,645 AGranted

Handheld grabbing assembly for grabbing waste

OwnerYi-Chang Chuanginventor

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Abstract

A handheld grabbing assembly includes a plastic bag supplying device and a grabbing device. The plastic bag supplying device includes a spindle, a spool mounted rotatably on the spindle, and a reel of continuous plastic bags wound around the spool for reeling out a leading plastic bag to be torn off from the reel. The grabbing device includes first and second clutching arm members, each of which has a clutching blade end section and a handgrip end section. Each of the handgrip end sections includes an elongated frame body that extends parallel to the clutching blade end section, two lug members that respectively and transversely extend from two lateral sides of the elongated frame body and which respectively define a first axle hole to be journalled by each end of the spindle, and an internal boss on an inner surface of a respective one of the lug members around the first axle hole. A biasing member is disposed on the internal boss member to bias the clutching blade end sections toward each other. When the handgrip end sections are turned around the spindle against the biasing action of the biasing member, the clutching blade end sections will be gaped from each other.

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Dependent claims

A handheld grabbing device used in combination with a plastic bag supplying device, said plastic bag supplying device including a spindle, a spool mounted rotatably on said spindle, and a reel of continuous lay-flat web sheet of plastic bags wound around said spool for reeling out a leading plastic bag to be torn off from said reel, comprising:

a first clutching arm member having a first clutching blade end section and a first handgrip end section which includes
a first elongated frame body extending parallel to said first clutching blade end section;
a pair of first lug portions respectively and transversely extending from two lateral sides of said first elongated frame body, each of said first lug portions defining a first axle hole adapted to be journalled by a respective end of said spindle;
and
a boss member formed on an inner surface of each of said lug portions and around said first axle hole;
a second clutching arm member having a second clutching blade end section, and a second handgrip end section which includes
a second elongated frame body extending parallel to said second clutching blade end section, and
a pair of second lug portions respectively and transversely extending from two lateral sides of said second elongated frame body, each of said second lug portions defining a second axle hole adapted to be journalled by said respective end of said spindle,
said pair of second lug portions being disposed respectively to flank said pair of first lug portions, and being mounted pivotably on said first lug portions around an axis of said first axle holes so as to bring said first clutching blade end section toward said second clutching blade end section;
and
a biasing member disposed on said boss member to bias said first clutching blade end section toward said second clutching blade end section;
whereby, when said first and second handgrip end sections are turned toward each other against biasing action of said biasing member, said first and second clutching blade end sections will be gaped apart from each other for picking up waste therebetween.

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A grabbing assembly comprising:

a plastic bag supplying device including,
a spindle,
a spool mounted rotatably on said spindle, and
a reel of continuous lay-flat web sheet of plastic bags wound around said spool for reeling out a leading one of the plastic bags to be torn off from said reel;
and
a handheld grabbing device including
a first clutching arm member having a first clutching blade end, and a first handgrip end which includes
a first elongated frame body extending parallel to said first clutching blade end,
a pair of first lug members respectively and transversely extending from two lateral sides of said first elongated frame body, each of said first lug members defining a first axle hole to be journalled by a respective end of said spindle, and
an internal boss member disposed on an inner surface of each of said first lug members and around said first axle hole;
a second clutching arm member having a second clutching blade end and a second handgrip end which includes
a second elongated frame body extending parallel to said second clutching blade end, and
a pair of second lug members respectively and transversely extending from two lateral sides of said second elongated frame body, each of said second lug members defining a second axle hole to be journalled by said respective end of said spindle;
said pair of second lug members being disposed respectively to flank said pair of first lug members, and being mounted pivotably on said first lug members around an axis of said first axle holes so as to bring said first clutching blade end toward said second clutching blade end;
and
a biasing member disposed on said internal boss member to bias said first clutching blade end toward said second clutching blade end;
whereby, when first and second handgrip ends are turned around said axis against biasing action of said biasing member, said first and second clutching blade end will be gaped from each other so as to permit fitting of an edge of a mouth of the leading plastic bag around said gaped clutching blade end in preparation for picking up waste on a ground surface.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.