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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:
Jul. 24, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
William S. Fortune, Malibu, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 1/506 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 1/506 ;
Abstract
A compact hand held suction cup type pickup tool is disclosed having a self contained, finger actuated vacuum pump that can be repeatedly cycled to maintain a very strong holding action for an indefinite period of time. The multicycling is achieved by automatic, unidirectional valving associated with the pump.