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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2003
Ashok Khubani, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
Mahesh Lakhiani, Denville, NJ (US);
Ashok Khubani, Boonton Township, NJ (US);
Mahesh Lakhiani, Denville, NJ (US);
Ontel Products Corporation, Fairfield, NJ (US);
Abstract
A locking mechanism for elongate tools that are designed to engage objects from remote distances and that have engagement elements located on a distal end of a rod, a handle on a proximate end of the rod, a controller on the handle to control the engagement elements, and a linkage between the controller and the engagement elements to control the engagement elements is disclosed. The locking elements include a saw tooth receiving surface that is rigidly affixed to a trigger and a stop member having complementary saw tooth extensions. A switch member controls the movement of the stop member into engagement and out of engagement with the receiving surface which thereby locks and unlocks the movement of the trigger.