Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Hand bars and hand barrows – Ball retriever
Patent
1998-01-12
1999-08-24
Kramer, Dean J.
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Hand bars and hand barrows
Ball retriever
294 24, 294104, B25J 100
Patent
active
059415860
ABSTRACT:
A device for retrieving and grasping objects from swimming pools and other inaccessible places having a pair of pivotally connected jaws (8, 9) with gripping tips (11, 12) connected to an elongated shaft (4) by a common connector (41). The jaws are preferably maintained in a biased-opened position by a compression spring (22) or spring clip (25) mounted between an extension (15) and the common connector. A pull cord (5) attached to the extension is used to close the jaws. The handle (6) attached to the end of the pull cord aids in pulling the cord and locking the cord to the shaft by an open loop (18) on the handle so as to maintain the jaws in a closed position while retrieving an object. Material having a high coefficient of friction, such as abrasive material like sandpaper or gripping material like rubber, may be attached to the jaw tips or the surfaces of the loop of the handle touching the elongated shaft. An optional shovel-like scoop with optional holes and recess may be removably attached to one of the jaws for use in retrieving flat objects or other material which the jaws may not be able to do. The jaws may have teeth (10a, 10b) on the inside grasping surfaces to pick-up larger objects which will not fit between the jaw tips. The pull handle may have slots (6, 37) for attaching the pull cord and recesses (39a, 39b) for wrapping any excess pull cord around it.
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