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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
General Tools & Instruments, Secaucus, NJ (US);
Christopher Edwards, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Adam L. Boggia, New York, NY (US);
Other;
Abstract
An illuminated object viewing and retrieval tool having a body including a control rod guide portion and a housing, a display screen mounted on the housing, an elongated flexible member extending from the control rod guide portion and a control rod extending through an open passage of the control rod guide portion to an outer end connected to a grasping mechanism having finger elements that are movable relative to an outer housing mounted to the control rod guide portion and which expand outwardly relative to one another and the open end of the outer housing, a camera device including a lens mounted within the outer housing to record images through the outer open end of the outer housing and a light source mounted within the outer housing adjacent the lens to cast light outwardly of the outer open end of the outer housing, and power source for connecting to the camera device, the light source and the display screen so that images from the camera lens may be viewed on the display screen.