Apparatus for hanging a string of lights

Details Apparatus for hanging a string of lights Apparatus for hanging a string of lights

2007-09-07

2011-12-27

Rodriguez, Saul (Department: 3652)

Handling: hand and hoist-line implements

Hand bars and hand barrows

Compound tool

C294S019200, C007S167000, C029S271000, C029S280000, C029S281000, C029S242000, C029S243000

Reexamination Certificate

active

08083276

ABSTRACT:
A small plastic tool is configured with a socket that may be screwed onto the end of a conventional broomstick, mop handle, paint roller extension pole, or other long pole to allow the tool to be raised to an elevated height while the user remains standing on the ground surface. The tool has a distal end formed with cruciform arms. A hook receiving slot is defined into the structure of a first mutually opposing pair of the cruciform arms, while a wider channel is defined through the other pair of cruciform arms. The hook receiving slot is configured to snugly receive the hook portion of a cup hook, which allows the cup hook to be raised to overhead, elevated, horizontal surfaces. The pole can then be rotated to screw the threaded shank of the cup hook into the overhead structure. The same tool can be used to cradle the twisted pair of wires of a string of lights in the channel defined in the distal end of the other pair of cruciform arms in the tool. The string of lights can thereby be lifted, supported within the channel and deposited in the crook of the hook portion of the cup hook.

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