Pick up device with telescoping tube
AssigneePikstik, LLC
InventorsDavid Buzby, John McKenney
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Abstract
An adjustable length device for grasping and manipulation of objects comprising a head region with opposing jaws joined to a handle region via a telescoping tube region. The tube region comprises a toothed rod connected to the jaws and a cable connected at one end to a trigger in the handle region and at the other end via a lever to a toothed rod locking mechanism (TRLM). The lever comprises one or more teeth that can mate with those of the toothed rod. Squeezing the trigger causes the lever in the TRLM to engage with the toothed rod and releasing the trigger causes the lever to disengage.
Claims10
An adjustable length pick up device for grasping an object, the device comprising:
- a) a head region comprising two opposing jaw members;
- b) a tube region operably connected to the head region;
- and,
- c) a handle region operably connected to the tube region, wherein said handle region comprises a trigger;
- wherein the tube region comprises a cable that is operably connected to the trigger, a toothed rod comprising a plurality of teeth with said toothed rod operably connected to the jaw members, and a toothed rod locking mechanism that is operably connected to the cable via a lever;
- wherein the lever comprises one or more teeth which can mate with the teeth of the toothed rod and said lever is operably controlled by the trigger via the cable;
- wherein squeezing the trigger causes the lever to operably engage with the toothed rod and wherein releasing the trigger causes the lever to operably disengage with the toothed rod;
- and,
- wherein the tube region comprises an adjustable length.
An adjustable length pick up device for grasping an object, the device comprising:
- a) a head region comprising two opposing angled jaw members, each of wherein said jaw members comprises a proximal end and a distal end, and each of said jaw members is operably attached at a pivot point to a jaw base assembly, thus allowing movement of each of said jaw members around said respective pivot point;
- wherein the proximal end of both said jaw members operably interacts with a jaw actuator within the jaw base assembly, wherein said jaw actuator is operably connected to an actuator rod and a jaw actuator spring;
- b) a telescoping tube region comprising an elongated hollow tube enclosing a cable that is operably connected to a trigger, a toothed rod comprising a plurality of teeth, and a toothed rod locking mechanism operably connected to the cable via a lever, wherein said lever comprises one or more teeth that can mate with the teeth of the toothed rod, and wherein said toothed rod, said toothed rod locking mechanism, lever, and cable are operably connected to the actuator rod;
- and,
- c) a handle region comprising a handle body having a base, the trigger, and a linkage lever having a free bottom end, wherein the cable is operably coupled to the free bottom of the linkage lever;
- wherein squeezing the trigger causes the linkage lever to extend towards the base of the handle body thus causing the cable to move proximally in the handle body and in the tube region and causing the lever in the toothed rod locking mechanism to operably engage with the toothed rod, thereby causing the toothed rod to move proximally in the handle body and in the tube region, the jaw actuator rod and jaw actuator to move proximally, and, draws in the proximal end of each of said jaw members, thus causing each of said jaw members to move around its pivot point and causing the distal ends of the opposing jaw members to move towards one another.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.