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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 29, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenneth J Weger, Cary, IL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294 992 ; 294-11 ;
Abstract
A hand-held gripping device allows a user to pick up small objects with relative ease. The gripping device has a resilient hollow body with two generally symmetrical side surfaces and a normally open mouth with two pointed corners. Each side surface has a lip portion extending to a curved edge at the mouth. The side surfaces are responsive to compressional forces exerted by a user's hand, whereby they curl towards each other and close the mouth. The closing of the mouth allows a small object to be captured.