US 5,787,590 AGranted

Extension and support for electric clippers

OwnerThomas C. D'Alessandro, Sr.inventor

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Abstract

An open top shoe having a slotted end cap, an opened end, a bottom wall and opposing side walls contoured to removably support a commercially available industrial electric foliage clipper, is integrally supported to an elongated pole that may be telescopic and includes a slotted end cap at one end to encapsulate the aft end of the clipper and a portion of the handle. A strap attached by a cord to the shoe is adapted to secure the trigger to the clipper's handle and place the clipper in the active condition. An electrical extension cord with a male plug is attached internally at the bottom of the pole and a detachable end cap fits into the end of the pole to close the end and the male plug. A female plug adapted to fit into the male plug of the clipper is secured to the end of the electrical extension cord that snakes through a hole formed on the upper end of the pole. Straps supported to the side walls of the shoe secure the clipper in place and prevent the clipper from dislodging from the bottom wall.

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Dependent claims

In combination, an electric clipper having a handle with opposing sides, a cutting end and an on/off switch, extension means attached to said electric clipper so as to be operated by a person for cutting or trimming foliage out of the reach of the person, said extension means including an elongated pole and a shoe, said elongated pole having a proximal end and a distal end, said shoe having a fore end, an aft end, a bottom wall, a top and opposing sides, said shoe being attached to the distal end of said elongated pole, said shoe being open at said top and said fore end, said opposing sides of said shoe being contoured to hug the opposing sides of said handle of said electric clipper and said bottom wall adapted to removably support said electric clipper with said cutting end of said electric clipper extending through said fore end of said shoe, said top including an enclosure portion disposed at the aft end of said shoe extending from said bottom wall to encapsulate a rear portion of said handle of the electric clipper including a portion of said handle thereof extending into an axial slot formed in said enclosure portion, first strap means attached to said shoe fastening said electric clipper to said shoe to prevent said clipper from falling out of said shoe, an electric connecting means for connecting said electric clipper to an electrical power source, second strap means, a cable having one end attached to said shoe and the opposite end attached to said second strap means, said second means being wrapped around said handle of said electric clipper to engage the switch on said handle to hold the on/off switch in the on position.

In combination, an electric clipper having a handle and opposing sides, a cutting end and an on/off switch, shoe means attached to said electric clipper so as to hold said electric clipper, a pole attached to said shoe means so that said electric clipper can be operated by a person for cutting or trimming foliage out of the reach of the person, said shoe means having a fore end, an aft end, a bottom wall, a top and opposing sides, said shoe means being open at said top and said fore end of said shoe means, said opposing sides of said shoe means being contoured to hug the opposing sides of said handle of said electric clipper and said bottom wall adapted to bear against said electric clipper, said cutting end of said electric clipper extending through said fore end, said top including an enclosure portion disposed at the aft end of said shoe means extending from said bottom wall to encapsulate a rear portion of said handle of the electric clipper including a portion of, said handle thereof extending into an axial slot formed in said enclosure portion, strap means attached to said shoe means for fastening said electric clipper to said shoe means to prevent said electric clipper from falling out of said shoe means, an electric connecting means for connecting said electric clipper to an electrical power source, a cable having two ends, one end being attached to said shoe means and the opposite end being attached to said strap means, said strap means engaging said on/off switch to hold said on/off switch in the on position.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.