# US 8,539,863 B2 · Apparatus for removing and installing elevated light bulbs

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- Number: US 8,539,863 B2
- Document ID: US8539863B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/625,726
- Filed: 2012-09-24
- Published: 2013-08-22
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2012-02-16
- Applicants: Frank P. Gatski
- Inventors: Frank P. Gatski
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8539863B2

## CPC

- H01K 3/32: Auxiliary devices for cleaning, placing, or removing incandescent lamps
- H01J 9/003: {Auxiliary devices for installing or removing discharge tubes or lamps}
- H01K: ELECTRIC INCANDESCENT LAMPS (details, apparatus or processes for manufacture applicable to both discharge devices and incandescent lamps H01J; light sources using a combination of incandescent and other types of light generation H01J61/96, H05B35/00)
- H01J: ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS (spark-gaps H01T; electric arc lamps H05B31/00; particle accelerators H05H)

## Abstract

An apparatus including an extendable (e.g., telescoping) pole with a handle at a first end and a light-bulb gripping unit at a second end. The gripping unit may include an adhesive member including a series of removal, disposable adhesive sheets having a “tacky” surface for controlling a light bulb during removal and installation. Different gripping units are configured for different light bulb types.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An apparatus comprising:
a telescoping pole, wherein a second end of said telescoping pole is configured to removably receive two or more gripping units interchangeably;
a gripping unit configured to be received by said pole and further configured to remove and install a light bulb;
wherein said gripping unit includes an adhesive member with multiple disposable sheets each having at least one surface at least partially coated with an adhesive.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said gripping unit is configured to remove one of the following:
(i) flood light bulbs;
(ii) incandescent light bulbs; and
(iii) compact fluorescent light bulbs.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said gripping unit includes a concave surface configured to retain a flood light bulb.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said gripping unit includes a concave surface configured to retain an incandescent light bulb.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said gripping unit includes a flat surface.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said one or more sheets are in a rippled form.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 wherein a first one of said one or more sheets is in a ball form.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising another gripping unit configured to be received by said pole, the two gripping units interchangeably received by said pole, wherein the two gripping units are configured to remove and install different light bulb types, and wherein said another gripping unit includes an adhesive member formed of one or more sheets, each of said one or more sheets at least partially containing an adhesive for contacting a light bulb and retaining said light bulb for installation and removal.