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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2010
Jonathan K. Hamilton, Collegeville, PA (US);
Robert Allan Morris, Fayetteville, NC (US);
Edgar Yee, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Jonathan K. Hamilton, Collegeville, PA (US);
Robert Allan Morris, Fayetteville, NC (US);
Edgar Yee, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
An extendable device engages and operates a handle mounted on an electrical switching apparatus. The extendable device includes a first linear portion and a second linear portion, each of the first and second linear portions having a first end and a second end, a handle adaptor extending away from the second end of one of the first and second linear portions and a retainer mechanism structured to engage the first linear portion and the second linear portion such that the extendable device can be adjusted to a particular length and maintained at the particular length. The handle adaptor is structured to engage the handle such that the handle can be moved from a first position to a different second position.