Manual pick-up device
AssigneeBel-Art Products, Inc.
InventorsPaul Thom, David Landsberger, Francis Gomes
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Abstract
A manual pick-up device includes a housing having a handle at one end, a fixed upper jaw at an opposite end, and a longitudinally extending shank extending therebetween. A movable jaw member is pivotally supported within the housing and extends outwardly through a housing opening to enable cooperation with the fixed upper jaw. A spring-biased actuating trigger is connected to the movable lower jaw by a connection element such that manual actuation of the trigger toward the handle urges the closing of the movable jaw against the fixed upper jaw, so as to enable an operator to grasp an object between the upper and lower jaws of the device.
Claims15
A manual pick-up device, comprising:
- a housing longitudinally bisected into corresponding first and second housing segments each defining at least a proximally located handle portion and a distally located stationary jaw portion separated by a longitudinally extending shank portion;
- an attachment arrangement for attachment of said housing segments to each other, said attachment arrangement comprises a plurality of resilient fastening members projecting laterally from one of said first and second housing segments and adapted for engagement with corresponding receiving elements in the other one of said first and second housing segments;
- a movable jaw portion pivotably mounted within said housing;
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- an actuating trigger associated with said handle portion,
- whereby manual actuation of said trigger toward said handle causes pivotal movement of said movable jaw portion, thereby urging said movable jaw portion toward the stationary jaw portion of said housing facilitating grasping of an object situated therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.