Abstract: An insect or bug removal and disposal device is provided which comprises a housing portion with the bottom thereof opened to the atmosphere. A panel portion is inserted and made part of the bottom area of the housing. The panel is positioned to move within such bottom portion. During insect removal, the panel is in the opened or partially opened position and the housing placed on top of the insect. The panel is then placed in the closed position, trapping the bug or insect within the housing. The bug is thus removed for ultimate disposal. Upon disposal, the panel is opened and the insect removed from the housing of the device.

Abstract: An extraction tool for reaching into small passageways such as are found in modern automobile engine compartments to aid in the removal of spark plug boots, fuel injector nozzles, PVC valves and the like. The tool comprises an elongated tubular sleeve having an ellipsoidal transverse cross-section and a pair of juxtaposed, lefthanded and righthanded gripping members. Each gripping member includes an elongated rod, a jaw and a handle, which together comprise a single unitary piece. The rods, which are rotatable, are largely disposed within the sleeve while the jaws and handles are situated outside the sleeve and proximate with first and second ends thereof, respectively. In each gripping member, the jaw extends perpendicularly from the rod and is curved towards the other jaw, the inner surface of each jaw lying along an imaginary arc similar to the arc along which the inner surface of the other jaw lies.

Abstract: A pick-up for handicraft items and accessories consists of a stick having an adhering member on one end of the stick. The adhering member may be hook material of hook and loop fasteners, or it may be adhesive of the type that remains tacky. The stick may have a ring to be supported by a person's finger, or may be long enough to be grasped by the hand. A kit for the pick-ups includes a bottle of the adhesive and several sticks. The package for the kit has a cradle to hold a stick when not in use, and provides a base for the bottle of adhesive.

Abstract: A swivel coupling device for coupling a load to a base member. The device includes an anchor unit securely connected to the base member, a rotary member, which is rotatably journaled in the anchor unit and is provided with oppositely located recesses having pivot bearing surface portions, and a pivotable coupling member, which is provided with inwardly bent leg end portions. The leg end portions have retaining projections and are pivotably journaled in the pivot bearing surface portions. In addition, the anchor unit is shaped so as to securely hold the end portions of the coupling member within the oppositely located recesses. The coupling member is detachable from the rotary member when the anchor unit is disconnected from the base member.

Abstract: Apparatus and system including a hanger device which is releasably clampable to a rod. The hanger device includes a pair of blocks each having a plurality of differently configured bore sections therein adapted for cooperating with a plurality of differently configured bore sections of the other block such that predetermined ones of the cooperating bore sections may be aligned to clamp the rod therebetween, whereby the blocks may be clamped to rods of a plurality of different configurations. One of the blocks is provided with a member for suspending a hoist. The apparatus further preferably comprises structure for connecting the hanger device to a come-along device whereby the functions of the hoist and come-along device may be effectively interrelated to lift and substantially horizontally translate material in an efficient and coordinated process.

Abstract: A fish retaining device consisting of an elongate support having a first end and a second end. A transverse brace member is secured to the first end of the elongate support for suspending the elongate support in an opening made through ice for ice fishing such that the second end of the elongate support extends toward a bottom of the ice opening. A frame is secured to the second end of the elongate support. The frame has a central passage and extends substantially perpendicular to the elongate support. The frame substantially fills the ice opening such that there is no room for a fish to pass between the frame and the ice opening. A one-way gate is pivotally mounted to the frame. The gate pivots toward the first end of the elongate support such that clearance is provided for the passage of a fish through the central passage of the frame into the ice opening.

Abstract: A tool is provided for projecting the tool between rows of various components such as canned goods, and the like mounted upon shelving to properly space such rows for use and display and thereby minimize time and row positioning. The tool includes a fixed blade mounted to a handle, with the blade including an arcuate upper and lower surface of a forward planar end. The tool optionally may include adapter blades to provide varying thickness of the adapter blade enhanced blade structure to vary the aforenoted row spacings.

Abstract: A portable bag holder comprising a substantially flat support having first and second bag holders at the opposite ends thereof. The bag holder may be used to support a single garbage bag thereon or may be used to support a pair of garbage bags thereon when the trash is to be segregated into recyclable and non-recyclable items. A pair of bungee cords are attached to the holder to maintain the bag or bags thereon.

Abstract: A slidable utility carrier which has a rectangular bottom panel and four rectangular side panels which form a rectangular box-like structure having an open top. Each side panel is hinged to the bottom panel and is secured to the adjacent side panel by removable fasteners. The carrier can be collapsed to a fully opened state in which all of the panels lay in the same plane and extend outwardly from the bottom panel for collecting loose particulate material or to a compact state in which the side panels overlie the bottom panel to form a compact package for storing.

Abstract: A sorting tool comprising a flat thickness of rigid material (14) on which lie a multiplicity of removable, individually labeled, equal-sized and uniformly stacked sheets of material of known thickness (16). A chamber (18) formed in the sheets by the removal of a large area of material in their center contains the objects to be sorted. A pallet (22) with a flat adhesive (26) surface is used to select and remove the objects. The individual thickness of the sheets determines the size range and their collective thickness determines the minimum size of the selected objects. Appropriate holders for round or irregularly shaped objects may be inserted in the chamber.

Abstract: A small object handling device composed of an elongated rod with a wax composition coated over one end thereof. The invention further comprises an assembly of small object handling devices, with each composed of an elongated rod having a pressure sensitive adhesive composition coated over one end, and with the opposite end connected to a common rack. A flexible strip may cover the common rack and rods to protect the pressure sensitive adhesive ends of said rods and to provide a matchbook-like appearance. In an alternate embodiment, the device has a tubular member filled with pressure sensitive adhesive, with a rod adjustably coupled to one end of the member for forcing the pressure sensitive adhesive out from the opposite end.

Abstract: The disclosed disposable pad device has a generally symmetrical shape with spaced corners and connecting peripherial edges, defining a broad area suited to be laid out flat on the ground with a peripheral edges outermost. Narrow elongated generally stiff reinforcing strips are secured along their lengths to the pad and respectively extend generally inboardly from the pad corners toward the pad interior region to be spaced apart only slightly at their inboard ends, thereby defining a small nonreinforced interior pad region that can be folded easily over and around any pet excrements on the pad when forming the carrying bag. Flexible handles are connected off of the reinforcing strips and extended outboardly beyond the peripheral pad edges at the corners, and have inside openings sized for finger hooking by the person walking the pet, for suspended carriage of the pad when formed to the carrying bag.

Abstract: The hollow plug 6 is placed in the end opening of the inner tube 2 of a spirally wound package of sheet material, such as carpet. The hollow plug has a cylindrical section 10 and a conical section 11. The conical section includes approximately equal spaced elongated weakened areas or grooves 25 that spread apart in response to outwardly directed forces applied to the conical section from within the conical section. Ribs 18 extending along the outer surface of the cylindrical section tend to reduce the frictional contact between the plug and the inner tube 2 and the edge portion of the wrapping paper 4, while teeth 20 resist inadvertent withdrawal of the plug from the carpet package.

Abstract: A drug search tool which is designed to be passed through the crevices between furniture or vehicle seat cushions with ease, without the necessity of the police officer inserting his hand into such crevices, and which is formed with a recess that will serve to remove any articles located within such crevices, including hypodermic needles, without exposing the police officer to the risk of being stuck by such needles.

Abstract: In accordance with the present invention there is provided a hand held tool for connecting to an injection port of an intravenous administration set used to infuse a patient with an intravenous solution having apertures therethrough for receiving and removing the cover of a needle connected to a syringe and a handle for grasping by the user which is remote from the injection port, and a method for handling syringe needle covers during the injection of solutions into an injection port of an intravenous administration set.

Abstract: A support frame is provided for supporting a lawn bag on the gound with its mouth open to receive leaves raked into the bag. The frame components include a flexible clip member having a longitudinal slot defined in one face of the clip. A flexible rod is adapted for press-fit engagement within the longitudinal slot of the flexible clip with a portion of the perimeter of a lawn bag trapped between the clip and the rod. The flexible rod has a length greater than the length of the flexible clip so that a portion of the rod overhangs from each end of the flexible clip. These overhang portions of the flexible rod are adapted to be pushed into the ground to support the frame, as well as the lawn bag. The clip and rod are sufficiently flexible to be bent into a U-shape while maintaining the mouth of the trash lawn bag open. In another aspect of the invention, a support block is provided which allows the support frame to be mounted to a vertical wall to support the plastic bag in a vertical orientation.

Abstract: Low profile self-draining wafer carrier holder for gripping and carriage of semiconductor wafer carriers through robotically, automated or manual processing equipment. Opposing members extend horizontally from a central base with gripping fingers at outer extremities to grip wafer carriers for automatic processing. A handle member extends vertically from the central base member, and includes a handle member for accommodation by robotic end effectors. Beveled and angled surfaces in a preferred one-piece construction aid in accelerated fluid chemical runoff. An alternative embodiment includes a high temperature wafer carrier holder with a sloped handle and internal quartz structural rods to prevent warping of the holder.

Abstract: A flexible carrier has a trapezoidal shape with a smooth and slippery surface. Angled side edges are notched out and doubled back to form tunnels with slippery insides. Rigid elongate elements are disposed in the tunnels and, when the carrier is loaded, are graspable by a single hand through the notches, the elements readily rotating to be comfortably gathered together as the hand closes. The notches are ample to permit shifting of the hand lengthwise of the elements into better alignment over the center of gravity of the loaded carrier.

Abstract: A lifting eyebolt assembly for engagement between a workpiece to be lifted and a lifting device includes cylindrical collar that is held in place against the workpiece by a threaded fastener. A load-bearing ring is threadedly engaged to the collar to enclose the collar and the fastener. The load-bearing ring includes an eye portion for engaging the lifting device and a base portion for engaging the collar.

Abstract: A tong apparatus having first and second hand grippable members, a first work gripping element associated with the first hand grippable member, and a second work gripping element associated with the second hand grippable member, the improvement comprising structure for amplifying movement of the first work gripping element relative to movement of the second work gripping element and also relative to the first hand grippable member, in response to relative movement of the first and second hand grippable members. Amplification of motion of the work gripping elements is provided, aiding in pick-up of both large and small work pieces. The surfaces for the operator to grasp are long enough that two hands may conveniently be used, if required, for heavy loads.

Abstract: An apparatus for the gripping of plants located in a container is disclosed. This apparatus comprises a pushing element, which pushes the ball of the plant upwardly from underneath, until the ball is released for a substantial part above the container. Then the ball is gripped by a number of gripping arms, movable in a horizontal direction, which transports the ball including the plant to its destination. To be able to push the ball upwards the container comprises at location of each of the cavities for the balls a guiding channel for the pushing element. This channel has a cross-section of a star-like configuration, the number of points thereof coinciding with the number of points of the pushing element.

Abstract: Low profile self-draining wafer carrier holder for gripping and carriage of semiconductor wafer carriers through robotically, automated or manual processing equipment. Opposing members extend horizontally from a central base with gripping fingers at outer extremities to grip wafer carriers for automatic processing. A handle member extends vertically from the central base member, and includes a handle member for accommodation by robotic end effectors. Beveled and angled surfaces in a preferred one-piece construction aid in accelerated fluid chemical runoff.

Abstract: A telescopic support is provided which is used to hold a laser scanner to scan bar codes on labels on paper rolls at normally inaccessible heights. The support includes a basket for receiving the scanner, legs to stabilize the support against the paper roll during the scanning process, and a manually operative lever to activate the scanner from floor level.

Abstract: A device for compacting and containing compactible material, includes a collapsible directing element having an entrance funnel section which converges into an exit section of smaller dimensions than said entrance funnel section, the funnel section including a hole therein; a clamp strap for clamping a netting material on the exit section; restraining straps for securing the clamp strap on the directing element, the restraining straps being connected between the directing element and the clamp strap; and an elongated cord for preventing movement of the directing element during a compacting operation, the elongated cord having a first end connected to the directing element at the hole and a second free end extending forwardly of the entrance funnel section and which can be engaged by a person for preventing movement of the directing element.

Abstract: For grasping objects having a limited weight and a random shape, a pneumatic gripper is proposed, which has an approximately U-shaped support (10) and a compressed air ejection nozzle (12), mounted on one of the end branches (10b) of the support and oriented towards the intermediate branch (10a), in the vicinity of the bend (10d) connecting the latter to the other end branch (10c). Rails (22) channel the compressed air jet from the nozzle (12) to the end of the branch (10c). The object (O) is attracted by the pressure drop or vacuum formed in the vicinity of the bend (10d) and can then be raised and manipulated.

Abstract: Attractive, inexpensive, sanitary and effective chopsticks are formed of elongated, hollow tubular elements formed of relatively rigid, non-toxic plastic having closed upper and lower ends. Corrugated portions are provided near the lower ends which extend substantially entirely about the hollow tube so as to provide an improved gripping surface.

Abstract: The present invention includes a rim which is secured to a handle. The lower edge of the rim includes a lip which assists in the pick-up of waste. A bag for catching the waste is suspended from the rim. The bag is retained on the rim by hooking the bag around hooked tabs located along the sides and lower edge of the rim and around one tab selected from several tabs which are located proximate the ends of the rim and which are arranged at incrementally further distances from the rim.

Abstract: A support stick for an erodible material which provides increased aesthetic and play value is provided. The support stick includes a handle and a support portion. The support stick is embedded within the erodible material and supports the material thereon so that the support portion is embedded in the erodible material and the handle extends from the erodible material. The support stick is formed to have the outline of athletic equipment.

Abstract: Device for taking out sample pieces such as mount-attached slide films from a file sheet in which the sample pieces are held and received in an arranged fashion. Conventionally, such sample pieces needed to be taken out independently. A main body is provided with engaging pawls which engage with respective side walls of a plurality of the sample pieces. The plural sample pieces can simultaneously be taken out by moving the main body along the file sheet through a guide. Therefore, operation for taking out the sample pieces from the file sheet can greatly be facilitated.

Abstract: A bag handling system used to facilitate the filling of bag by holding the bag open. The bag handling system is comprised of an inner locking frame through which the open end of a bag is passed such that it can be folded over the inner frame. The inner frame is then inserted in and secured into the channel of an outer base frame. The outer base frame includes an integrated hand grip and rails for the attachment of an extension handle/support leg. The outer base frame also has guide grooves for the attachment of a sweep pan to channelize the fill into a bag.

Abstract: An ostomy bag holder has a pair of diverging spring arms which have hooks on their free ends. These arms are joined to a handle which carries a tether line that is provided with a weighted end. The spring arm hooks are engageable with apertured tabs on a mouth rim of an ostomy bag so that the bag can be handled and manipulated during its emptying and cleaning.

Abstract: A manual push feeder device for a woodworking machine, includes a rubber base for engaging a workpiece to be moved along the woodworking machine, the base including an upper portion and a lower rubber-like pushing surface for engaging the workpiece, the lower pushing surface including a plurality of serrations or studs thereon, and a stud extending upwardly from the upper surface thereof; a handler having an upper end and a lower end with a stud thereat; a flexible connector for flexibly connecting the lower end of the handle to the base, the flexible connector including a flexible tube have an upper hole for receiving the stud of the handle and a lower hole for receiving the stud of the base; and a grip for permitting an operator to grasp and move the manual push feeder device, the grip connector to the upper end of the handle.

Abstract: A rack for supporting a flexible collection bag in an open configuration includes a channel-like stake having a lower spiked end, a receiving slot adjacent to an upper end, and a bag support ring positioned within the receiving slot and supported by the stake. The bag support ring comprises a generally triangular, closed segment of bent wire having an integral U-shaped support anchor which is offset from the primary plane of the support ring. This U-shaped support anchor is positioned within the channel of the stake and engages an inner surface to fix the bag support ring at an angle of approximately 60 degrees relative to the longitudinal axis of the stake. A cap is slidably positioned over the upper end of the stake, and a lid is clipped to a portion of the bag support ring. The lid is pivotable with respect to the bag support ring and includes a basket for holding a deodorant cake.

Abstract: A novel apparatus for catching leaves, trash, yard trimmings or other debris is provided, the apparatus being particularly adapted to catch debris without having to hold the plastic bag or apparatus open by any person. The novel apparatus includes a housing fabricated from plastic, metal or the like, frontal opening for receiving the debris and rear opening of which the edges define a lip and channel where a strap or bag retainer is used to hold a plastic trash or lawn bag to the apparatus so that it will not slip off when in use. The apparatus can also be used as a portable trash can by hooking onto a wall or other forms. In addition the apparatus can be used as a trash receptacle for holding a small amount of debris until a bag can be attached. Finally, the apparatus is provided with attachment for handles of various sizes and shapes for different uses or for the comfort of the person using the apparatus.

Abstract: A power shovel is disclosed for loading and unloading cargo. The bucket includes a first bucket half and a second bucket half wherein each bucket half has a top, a closed bottom, a front wall and a back wall which are spaced apart from each other, a closed outside wall and an open inside. The bucket halves are pivotally secured together at their tops so that the bucket halves are movable between an open and a closed position. In their closed position, the open inside of the bucket halves register with each other so that cargo is contained within the bucket. A head is disposed above the bucket and is attached to the bucket by four elongated cables. Two cables are attached to the outside corners of one bucket half while, similarly, the other two cables are secured to the outside corners of the other bucket half.

Abstract: A holder for audio and video remote controls and the like which includes a plurality of elongate support members to which at least one remote control can be attached. The elongate support members are spaced apart and attached to an integral body which form gaps wide enough for a hand to grasp an individually attached remote control device in a normal operating manner. The attached remote control is supported in an upright position thereby and is easy to locate. The plurality of attached remote controls provides an economical and convenient method of using the various remote controls to manipulate audio and video instruments. The body of the remote control holder may include a orifice for handy storage and use of literature pertaining to television programming, video tape recorder instructions, and the like.

Abstract: A key extension for the physically impaired is provided and consists of a shank portion with an enlarged handle portion affixed to one end and a head portion affixed to a second end of the shank portion. The head portion retains a bow of a standard key therein so that a blade of the standard key can be inserted within a lock allowing the physically impaired to turn the key extension to operate the lock.

Abstract: An ice chip clearing tool is for clearing ice chips made by boring a cylindrical hole through the ice by pushing those chips under the ice. The tool includes a downwardly concave circular plate of about the same diameter as the bore hole, a handle, and a rigid shaft extending between the plate and the handle. Openings in the plate allow water to pass through the plate while preventing ice chips from passing therethrough. The tool is forced vigorously down through the fishing hole, carrying the chips a substantial distance below the bottom surface of the ice, and the tool is tipped to allow the chips to float up from the plate to position under the ice at a distance spaced from the ice fishing hole.

Abstract: A dispenser mechanism is provided for removing a filter paper from a stack of filter papers without disturbing other papers of the stack. A gripper member is manually rotated to rotate the topmost filter paper relative to the next lower paper of the stack. Surfaces of the uppermost and next lower papers rub against each other to break area surface contact. Peripheral corrugations on the papers may cam over each other to break the area surface contact. Then, the paper can readily be lifted and removed.

Abstract: The apparatus comprises a first holding member having a flat surface which is brought into contact with the nonprocess surface of the semiconductor wafer, a pair of second holding members having inclined surfaces which are spaced apart from said flat surface by a predetermined distance, and cooperate with the flat surface to receive the arcuated edge of the semiconductor wafer. The second holding members are spaced apart from each other in a direction perpendicular to a semiconductor wafer insertion direction. The inclined surfaces being inclined such that a distance between the inclined surfaces and the flat surface is decreased in the semiconductor wafer insertion direction, thereby clamping the arcuated edge portions of the semiconductor wafer.

Abstract: A pair of concentric cylindrical members are arranged for relative sliding movement with the lower end of the inner member being formed with outwardly projecting flexible blades. The blades are adapted to displace rubber guard elements covering a sink opening when the pair of members are received in a disposal unit, or in a sink opening without a disposal unit. The flexible blades are normally held against their outward projection when contained within the outer member, but upon sliding movement of the inner member axially relative to the outer member, will flex radially outward so as to maximumly displace the rubber guards. The resulting displacement establishes an improved unobstructed central passageway in communication with the disposal unit grinding hopper, whereby undesired foreign matter therein may be withdrawn with the use of elongated, slenderized tongs.

Abstract: A tool for assisting a person to attach the fabric top of a utility or military vehicle, such as a JEEP, to the back of the vehicle body. The tool is an adjustable length flexible belt with a loop at its lower end. A rigid hook mmber is attached to the upper end of the belt. The hook member fits over the usual rear cross rod over which the fabric top passes from front-to-back and down to the back of the vehicle body. The combined length of the hook and belt is slightly less than the vertical distance of the rear cross rod on the vehicle down to the ground or other support surface on which the vehicle rests. A person using the tool pushes his foot down on the loop at the lower end of the belt, causing the belt to pull the cross rod down far enough to make it easy to attach snap fastener elements on the lower back end of the fabric top to complementary snap fastener elements on the back of the vehicle body.

Abstract: A porcelain veneer placement holder is provided for picking up a small porcelain veneer piece and placing it on a surface of a tooth. The holder includes an elongated handle having an end portion, a plunger fixedly connected to and cantilevered from the end portion, a hollow cylinder slidably mounted on the plunger and forming an open-ended variable-volume chamber containing an adhesive material. The adhesive material is extruded for making a small deposit at the top of the cylinder. The handle end portion has a peripheral wall cantilevered therefrom and is coaxial with the plunger along a plunger axis. The peripheral wall and the plunger form a cylindrical cavity therebetween, which receives the cylinder. The end portion and the plunger axis are disposed at an angle to the handle.

Abstract: A lifting device is employed to support a roll of paper wrapped around a core, the lifting device including a flat support plate having an open central portion. A pair of spaced opposed upstanding loops or links are welded by one side to the plate and the loops. Opposed rods welded to the plate guide the core portion over the loops and rods. A continuous woven fabric web or strap, formed with overlapping end portions, is received through the two loops so that the strap can extend up through the core and protrude out of the other end of the core. The rods guide the core into an appropriate seated position on the plate.

Abstract: A lifting device is employed to support a roll of paper wrapped around a core, the lifting device including a flat support plate having, in its central portion, a single upstanding loop or link welded by one side to the plate. A shallow cup-shaped core cap or sleeve with an open central portion fits over and surrounds the loop so that a portion of the other side of the loop protrudes through the central portion of the cup. The ends of the loop are spaced inwardly from the sides of the cup. A continuous woven fabric or strap, formed with overlapping end portions, is received under the outer side of the loop, the overlapping end portions forming a lower bight, received between the loop and the inner perimetrical edge of the cup. The cup fits into the end of the core and the sling extends up through the hollow core so that its outer end portion protrudes outwardly of the upper end of the core for being received on a cargo hook.

Abstract: In an internal combustion engine having a cylinder head, a head cover over the cylinder head, a plurality of studs extending upwardly from the cylinder head within the head cover, and a plurality of head cover bolts extending through respective apertures in the top of the head cover and threadingly engaging respective studs to mount the head cover to the cylinder head, a lifting method and tool are provided wherein one or more of the head cover bolts are removed and temporarily replaced by one or more respective tools each having a lower threaded portion threadingly engaging a respective stud, and an upper hook portion above the head cover for engagement by lifting apparatus for lifting the engine. Particular tool structure is disclosed, as well as various lifting techniques facilitated thereby, including balance point lifting, nonbalance lifting, double anchor lifting and triangulation lifting.

Abstract: A napkin is disclosed that in use may be formed into a mitten-like gripper for protecting the hand from soiling and heat while the hand firmly grips, for example, a hamburger. The napkin comprises a sheet of multi-layer absorbent material with two arcuate slits through less than all of the layers. The slits are disposed about the center of the sheet. In use, the napkin is folded in half with a slit on each of the outer sides. The user inserts his thumb in one slot and one or more fingers in the other slot. The edges of the layers may be bonded together to improve the performance of the napkin as a gripper.

Abstract: A device is provided for gripping, lifting and manipulating wooden logs intended to be entered into the combustion zone of a furnace. The device has a straight rigid staff having a fixed gripping arm at its forwardmost extremity. A sliding assembly, which slidably engages the staff by way of an encircling collar, is equipped with an actuator handle, a moving gripping arm, a lever portion, and two fulcrum elbows. When the actuator handle is squeezed toward the staff, the two fulcrum elbows cause the moving gripping arm to angle toward the opposed fixed gripping arm. Such action exerts holding force upon a log contacted by the two gripping arms.

Abstract: The grapple fixture, with improved docking and engaging capabilities, is provided for use with, for example, a relocatable space station remote manipulator system. The grapple fixture is for use with an end effector having grappling capabilities and latching capabilities and which may include a force moment sensor which can cooperate with the arm in order to align the end effector with the grapple fixture without the aid of a grappling mechanism. The grapple fixture comprises a base, having a flange and a cylinder with an end effector abutment face, a plurality of end effector latching trunnions extending radially from the cylinder, a cone-shaped, grapple fixture aligning body with a cylindrical, end effector locating base portion attached to the abutment face, and a plurality of laterally extending, grapple fixture recess engaging, rounded shoulders spaced around the cylindrical base.

Abstract: The insect pickup device is comprised of a plurality of detachable components including a first elongated head having a triangular cross-sectional configuration, a second elongated head having a rectangular cross-sectional configuration, an elongated handle structure having the first and second heads detachably secured at opposite ends thereof. The handle structure includes a plurality of tubular members and a dowel for interconnecting the tubular members to provide an elongated handle structure.