Tools – Wrench – screwdriver – or driver therefor – With elongated hot line stick
Reexamination Certificate
2000-04-12
2001-05-01
Hail, III, Joseph J. (Department: 3723)
Tools
Wrench, screwdriver, or driver therefor
With elongated hot line stick
C081S053100, C294S019200, C294S106000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06223628
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to light bulb replacing devices and more particularly pertains to a new light bulb remover for removing and replacing light bulbs of various sizes.
2. Description of the Prior Art
The use of light bulb replacing devices is known in the prior art. More specifically, light bulb replacing devices heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements.
Known prior art includes U.S. Pat. No. 2,233,212; U.S. Pat. No. 2,766,060; U.S. Pat. No. 2,357,105; U.S. Pat. No. 5,317,939; U.S. Pat. No. 2,983,541; and U.S. Pat. No. 297,499.
While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new light bulb remover. The inventive device includes a pole portion and a claw portion. The pole portion has a first end and a second end. The claw portion includes a base plate. The base plate has a top side, a bottom side and a peripheral wall extending therebetween. The base plate is removably securable to the second end of the pole portion. A plurality of finger portions is coupled to the base plate. Each of the finger portions is elongate and has a distal portion and a proximal portion. Each of the distal portions is coupled to the peripheral wall of the base plate such that each of the fingers extends upwardly above the top side. The finger portions are spaced from each other. A first of the finger portions has a break therein. The break is between the distal and proximal portions. The distal portion of the first finger portion is hingedly coupled to the proximal portion of the first finger portion. A biasing means biases the proximal portion of the first finger portion toward the other of the finger portions. A pulling means pulls the proximal portion of the first finger portion away the other finger portions.
In these respects, the light bulb remover according to the present invention substantially departs from the conventional concepts and designs of the prior art, and in so doing provides an apparatus primarily developed for the purpose of removing and replacing light bulbs of various sizes.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In view of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in the known types of light bulb replacing devices now present in the prior art, the present invention provides a new light bulb remover construction wherein the same can be utilized for removing and replacing light bulbs of various sizes.
The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new light bulb remover apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the light bulb replacing devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new light bulb remover which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art light bulb replacing devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
To attain this, the present invention generally comprises a pole portion and a claw portion. The pole portion has a first end and a second end. The claw portion includes a base plate. The base plate has a top side, a bottom side and a peripheral wall extending therebetween. The base plate is removably securable to the second end of the pole portion. A plurality of finger portions is coupled to the base plate. Each of the finger portions is elongate and has a distal portion and a proximal portion. Each of the distal portions is coupled to the peripheral wall of the base plate such that each of the fingers extends upwardly above the top side. The finger portions are spaced from each other. A first of the finger portions has a break therein. The break is between the distal and proximal portions. The distal portion of the first finger portion is hingedly coupled to the proximal portion of the first finger portion. A biasing means biases the proximal portion of the first finger portion toward the other of the finger portions. A pulling means pulls the proximal portion of the first finger portion away the other finger portions.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the invention in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting.
As such, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the conception, upon which this disclosure is based, may readily be utilized as a basis for the designing of other structures, methods and systems for carrying out the several purposes of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that the claims be regarded as including such equivalent constructions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention.
Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to enable the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practitioners in the art who are not familiar with patent or legal terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure of the application. The abstract is neither intended to define the invention of the application, which is measured by the claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the invention in any way.
It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a new light bulb remover apparatus and method which has many of the advantages of the light bulb replacing devices mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new light bulb remover which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art light bulb replacing devices, either alone or in any combination thereof.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a new light bulb remover which may be easily and efficiently manufactured and marketed.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a new light bulb remover which is of a durable and reliable construction.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a new light bulb remover which is susceptible of a low cost of manufacture with regard to both materials and labor, and which accordingly is then susceptible of low prices of sale to the consuming public, thereby making such light bulb remover economically available to the buying public.
Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new light bulb remover which provides in the apparatuses and methods of the prior art some of the advantages thereof, while simultaneously overcoming some of the disadvantages normally associated therewith.
Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new light bulb remover for removing and replacing light bulbs of various sizes.
Yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new light bulb remover which includes a pole portion and a claw portion. The pole portion has a first end and a second end. The claw portion includes a base plate. The base plate has a top side, a bottom side and a peripheral wall extending therebetween. The base plate
Danganan Joni B.
Hail III Joseph J.
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