Grip tool
OwnerVictor A Rivasinventor
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Abstract
A tool (for gripping an object (e.g., a cylindrical object)) includes: an outer handle; a tubular neck having a proximal end connected to the outer handle; a linkage assembly having first and second ends connected to a distal end of the neck; an inner handle; a connecting rod having a proximal end connected to the inner handle and a distal end connected to a middle portion of the linkage assembly, partially disposed substantially coaxially within the neck thereby nesting the inner handle within the outer handle; and first and second claws attached to the linkage assembly, each claw having a compression surface (e.g., a concave cylindrical surface) configured to conform as a substantial complement to a portion of an outer surface of the to-be-gripped object (e.g., the to-be-gripped cylindrical object).
Claims17
A tool for gripping an object having a dimension (D1), the tool comprising:
- an outer handle;
- a tubular neck having a proximal end connected to the outer handle;
- a linkage assembly having first and second ends connected to a distal end of the neck;
- an inner handle;
- a connecting rod having a proximal end connected to the inner handle and a distal end connected to a middle portion of the linkage assembly, partially disposed substantially coaxially within the neck thereby nesting the inner handle within the outer handle;
- first and second claws attached to the linkage assembly, wherein each of the claws having a surface configured to conform as a substantial complement to a portion of an outer surface of the to-be-gripped object;
- wherein the surface of each of the first and second claws has a concave surface configured to conform as a substantial complement to a portion of an outer surface of the to-be-gripped object;
- each of the claws has substantially parallel first edges that are distal to the linkage assembly, there being a first distance (D2) between the first edges of the two claws;
- and
- the first and second claws are disposable through a range of positions relative to one another via relative coaxial movement between the connecting rod and the neck and consequential articulation of the linkage assembly, the range of positions including:
- at least one closed position in which said first distance (D2)<said dimension (D1);
- and at least one substantially open position in which said dimension (D1)<said first distance (D2).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.