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US 6,186,475 B1Granted
Spigot handle extender
OwnerVladimir Selepouchininventor
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A spigot handle extender, an apparatus for extending a valve handle, includes a rotatable body and engaging means for engaging a valve handle so as to be rotatable conjointly therewith. The engaging means is positioned within the body and is also rotatable conjointly with the body, so that the engaging means rotates an engaged valve handle in response to the rotation of the body. In a preferred embodiment, the body is formed by identical hermaphroditic body halves. The body includes a pair of attached opposing wings, a plurality of slots, and a central bore. The engaging means is an engager which includes abase with an opening, a plurality of bosses projecting from one side, and a plurality of fingers projecting from the opposite side. The bosses on the base fit engagingly into the slots within the body and the fingers on the base fit engagingly between the spokes of the valve handle when the engager and valve handle are enclosed within the body. The central bore through the body aligns with the opening in the base to allow access to any fastener connecting the valve handle to the valve, allowing removal and replacement of the body and an engaged valve handle as a unit. The body can accommodate interchangeable engagers configured to grip various styles of valve handles, particularly residential spigot handles.
Apparatus for extending a valve handle, comprising a rotatable body and engaging means for engaging a valve handle so as to be rotatable conjointly therewith, said engaging means being enclosed within said body and being rotatable conjointly therewith, whereby said engaging means rotates an engaged valve handle in response to the rotation of said body, said body being sized and shaped so as to substantially enclose a valve handle engaged by said engaging means, said body including torquing means for applying torque to said body to thereby facilitate its rotation, said torquing means including a plurality of wings attached to said body with one wing connected to said body opposite another wing, said one wing including a first grip portion and said another wing including a second grip portion, said first and second grip portions being spaced apart such that the distance between said first grip portion and said second grip portion is greater than the diameter of a valve handle engaged by said engaging means.
Apparatus for extending a valve handle, comprising a rotatable body and engaging means for engaging a valve handle so as to be rotatable conjointly therewith, said body being sized and shaped so as to substantially enclose a valve handle engaged by said engaging means, said engaging means including an integrally molded portion of said body, and said engaging means being enclosed within said body and being rotatable conjointly therewith, whereby said engaging means rotates an engaged valve handle in response to the rotation of said body.
Apparatus for extending a valve handle, comprising a rotatable body and engaging means for engaging a valve handle so as to be rotatable conjointly therewith, said engaging means being enclosed within said body and being rotatable conjointly therewith, whereby said engaging means rotates an engaged valve handle in response to the rotation of said body, said body including accessing means for accessing a fastener securing an engaged valve handle to a valve stem, whereby the fastener may be unfastened while said body and valve handle are engaged.
Apparatus for extending a valve handle, comprising a rotatable body and engaging means for engaging a valve handle so as to be rotatable conjointly therewith, said body being sized and shaped so as to substantially enclose a valve handle engaged by said engaging means, said engaging means being enclosed within said body and being rotatable conjointly therewith, whereby said engaging means rotates an engaged valve handle in response to the rotation of said body, said engaging means including an engager, first connecting means for connecting said engager to said body and second connecting means for connecting said engager to a valve handle, said engager being removably received within said body such that said engager can be removed and replaced with another engager which is different than said engager.
Apparatus for extending a valve handle, comprising a rotatable body and engaging means for engaging a valve handle so as to be rotatable conjointly therewith, said body including at least one slot and being sized and shaped so as to substantially enclose a valve handle engaged by said engaging means, said engaging means being enclosed within said body and being rotatable conjointly therewith, whereby said engaging means rotates an engaged valve handle in response to the rotation of said body, said engaging means including an engager, first connecting means for connecting said engager to said body and second connecting means for connecting said engager to a valve handle, said engager including a base and being removably received within said body such that said engager can be removed and replaced with another engager, said first connecting means including at least one boss projecting from said base of said engager, said at least one boss fitting engagingly within said at least one slot of said body.
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