Tools – Receptacle closure remover – Gripping type
Reexamination Certificate
2007-09-25
2007-09-25
Shakeri, Hadi (Department: 3723)
Tools
Receptacle closure remover
Gripping type
C081S003410, C081S176200
Reexamination Certificate
active
10236659
ABSTRACT:
A tool for removing a cap from a pest control device, such as a termite control device. The tool comprises fingers extending generally parallel to one another adapted for frictionally engaging a side edge of the cap. The fingers define a socket for receiving the cap. The socket is slightly smaller than the cap so that engagement of the fingers with the cap induces the fingers to move with respect to the cap to increase the size of the socket. Movement of the fingers induces frictional engagement of the fingers with the cap. Stops extending laterally inwardly in the socket from the fingers are adapted for engaging a top surface of the cap transverse to the side edge of the cap. The fingers and stops cooperate to orient the cap with respect to the tool. The tool may further comprise an extension extending from the tool for manipulating the tool from a remote location. The tool may otherwise include a handle for grasping the tool.
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Berger Jonathan D.
Sims Steven R.
White Lee M.
Armstrong Teasdale LLP
Shakeri Hadi
Whitmire Micro-Gen Research Laboratories, Inc.
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