Hearing aid battery removal tool and associated method
OwnerMonty D. Steltzerinventor
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Abstract
The invention as presently conceived discloses a hand tool that assists in the removal and replacement of hearing aid batteries. The tool has a specially designed tweezer frame to aid in holding and placement of the small batteries. One side of the tweezer tip has a magnet that provides additional capabilities with holding the battery. The opposite side of the tweezer tip consists of a sharp point that aids in positioning or removing batteries from the battery compartment. Although the tool can benefit anyone who wears a hearing aid, it is particularly useful for the elderly.
Claims10
A hearing aid battery removal tool comprising:
- a first tweezer arm;
- a second tweezer arm;
- a pair of stiffener ribs monolithically formed with distal ends of said first and second tweezer arms such that said first and second tweezer arms are resiliently pivotable towards each other;
- a magnet directly attached to said first tweezer arm;
- a post directly attached to said second tweezer arm and being selectively engaged with said magnet;
- a tweezer base monolithically formed with said tweezer arms;
- an opener tool directly attached to a distal end of said tweezer base for unfastening an existing battery compartment portion of an existing hearing aid;
- and,
- a magnet holder connected to a proximal end of said first tweezer arm to maintain said magnet at a static and fixed position against said first tweezer arm.
A hearing aid battery removal tool comprising:
- a first linear tweezer arm;
- a second linear tweezer arm;
- a pair of linear stiffener ribs monolithically formed with distal ends of said first and second tweezer arms such that said first and second tweezer arms are resiliently pivotable towards each other;
- a magnet directly attached to said first tweezer arm;
- a post directly attached to said second tweezer arm and being selectively engaged with said magnet;
- a linear tweezer base monolithically formed with said tweezer arms;
- an opener tool directly attached to a distal end of said tweezer base for unfastening an existing battery compartment portion of an existing hearing aid;
- and,
- a magnet holder connected to a proximal end of said first tweezer arm to maintain said magnet at a static and fixed position against said first tweezer arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.