Abstract: An extension locking pliers (20) having jaws (28, 30) remotely located from the handle assembly (22) is disclosed for reaching into positions which would otherwise be difficult, dangerous, or impossible to reach. A stepped radial positioning system (154) allows the jaws to be moved and held in different orientations with respect to the handle assembly. A supplementary extension (240) allows the length between the jaw and handle assembly to be increased as needed.

Abstract: A single-hand actuated pick-up tool, including an elongated hollow stalk terminating at spaced-apart distal and proximal ends, first and second short, flexible, spring pick-up fingers extending divergently outward from the distal end of the stalk and including flexible elements terminating the outer ends of the fingers for grasping an object when brought toward one another, a center strap extending from the first pick-up finger interiorly along the stalk and then back interiorly to the second pick-up finger, a handle formed in cooperation with the stalk including a handle member pivotally mounted to the stalk and further including a device for drawing the center strap rearward the fingers when the handle member is pivoted toward the stalk, and a first hollow stalk plug for slidable insertion in the distal end of the stalk for retaining the fingers by friction in mounted position in the stalk.

Abstract: A removable basketball netting assembly is disclosed for use with a basketball goal which includes a backboard, a rim, and a support ledge to secure; the rim to the backboard. The assembly includes a ring having a first portion and a second portion where the first portion has two opposing sides, a top, an interior surface, and at least one opening through the top of the first portion. The second portion includes a top, one side, and an interior surface. The first and second portions are removably engaged with the rim whereby the second portion accommodates the support ledge. A plurality of protrusions integral to the interior surface of the two sides are included for temporarily securing the ring to the rim. A plurality of cutouts through the ring are provided for receiving upper cords of a net so that the net depends from the ring. A placement device is utilized for engaging and disengaging the ring with the rim.

Abstract: A grapple for retrieving an object from a floor surface. The inventive device includes a handle tube having a fixed handle and a moving handle projecting therefrom. An engaging assembly extends from the handle tube and includes a plurality of fingers responsive to a movement of the moving handle to close about a bar of soap to retrieve the soap from a shower floor.

Abstract: A cargo container swivel-stacking-pin tool (10) for insertion and removal of swivel stacking pins (11, 60) in cargo containers (13) includes a rigid elongated handle (12), a U-shaped pin-engaging member (14, 76) attached to the elongated handle and two trigger actuators (16, 18 and 90, 92) attached to the pin-engaging member. The pin-engaging member has a base member (26, 80) and first and second fork members (22,24 and 86, 88) attached to the base member which define a slot (28, 78) of a size for receiving a bottom insert section (30, 72) of a swivel stacking pin. The trigger actuators are attached to opposite sides of the base member for manipulating locking-head triggers of the swivel stacking pins for enabling top locking heads of the swivel stacking pins to rotate about rotation axes (55, 94) when the top insert sections thereof are inserted in engagement holes (13a) of the cargo containers.

Abstract: A smoke detector or alarm includes on its lower side a cylindrical cup which may be lined with ribbed foam rubber. The inside diameter formed by the liner is designed to mate with the end of a broom or mop handle so that the cup forms a reasonably firm fitting socket for the handle end. A wedge shape triangular adapter plate is mounted on top of the smoke detector and slightly spaced from the top by a round vertical stud. Secured either directly to the ceiling or to the usual smoke detector mounting fasteners is a receiver into which the adapter plate fits. The receiver is in the form of a horizontal wedge shape triangular slot, the bottom of which has a blind slot to accommodate the stud of the adaptor. The bottom of the entrance to the receiver is provided with a lip over which the adapter plate must move. The smoke alarm may accordingly be readily removed and replaced for battery changing, servicing, and testing without the use of a step ladder or step stool.

Abstract: An implement for coupling to and effecting remote manual manipulation of an object. The inventive device includes a handle tube having a plurality of extension tubes telescopingly received within the handle tube. An engaging clip is secured to an outermost extension tube for engaging an object for manipulation by an individual holding the handle tube.

Abstract: An apparatus for handling ornaments and other objects is disclosed, including an elongated handle and a hook-shaped applicator. The applicator is attached to one end of the elongated handle and a hook receiving hole extends at least partially into the applicator to hold an ornament hook therein. The apparatus may further include a retriever for removing ornaments. The apparatus may alternatively include an applicator affixed to a connector for attachment to an elongated handle, or additionally, the apparatus may be sold as a kit where the applicator and retriever are removably affixed to the elongated handle or are attached to separate connectors for attachment to the elongated handle.

Abstract: An article handling tool for pushing, pulling and manipulating articles on the bed of a covered or capped pick-up truck is defined by an elongated pole having a hand grip at one end and a push-pull blade at an opposite end. The opposite end also includes a retractable loop which can be housed within the pole in an unobtrusive inoperative position yet can be readily withdrawn from a chamber of the elongated pole and utilized to encircle or lasso an article. In this manner the loop end and/or the blade allows the article handling tool to be utilized by an individual to manipulate articles of any shape or size seated upon the bed of a covered pick-up truck without the effort and hazard involved heretofore as individuals necessarily climbed into and moved about in the cramped cargo area of such covered pick-up trucks.

Abstract: A recreational vehicle awning tightener including a generally planar rigid plate sized for receiving a user's foot thereon, the plate having an upper surface and a lower surface bounded by a front edge, a back edge, and a pair of side edges extended therebetween and with the rear edge of the plate positionable upon a recipient surface and the front edge extended upwards to thereby create an acute angle between the lower surface and the recipient surface; a hook removably couplable to an outboard portion of a cover of an awning; and a generally taut line having one end coupled to the hook and another end coupled to the plate, whereby when the user's foot is placed upon the plate and then applies a downward force, the hook pulls the outboard portion of the cover of the awning downwards.

Abstract: A hand-held spool transport tool including a tubular body having a base end, a tip end, a plunging compartment formed therein near the tip end, and a trigger compartment formed therein near the base end; a generally dome-shaped forward guide axially aligned with the body and coupled to the tip end thereof; a pair of generally opposed elongated claws with each claw having an inboard end and an outboard end and with each inboard end pivotally coupled to the body; a handle coupled to the base end of the body for allowing a user a firm grip; a plunger slidably extended between the plunging compartment and the trigger compartment; a pair of wire cables with each wire cable secured between the plunger and one of the outboard ends of one of the claws; a spring mechanism for urging the plunger toward the forward guide; and a user-actuatable trigger mechanism secured to the plunger for extending and retracting the claws.

Abstract: A self-locking swivel stacking pin tool (10) includes an elongated handle (12) having a handgrip (18) at a hand end thereof and a pin-housing engaging member (20) at a pin end thereof. A locking-head actuator (14) has an elongated force-transmittal portion (46) slidably extending along an elongated shaft (16) of the elongated handle, with a trigger (14) at a hand end thereof and a locking-head rotator (50) at a pin end thereof for engaging a bottom swivel locking head (38). By moving the trigger relative to the handgrip an operator can cause a rotatable axle (40) of a swivel stacking pin to rotate and thereby cause a top swivel locking head (36) to rotate and align with a top housing insert section (28) so that the top swivel locking head and the top housing insert section can be inserted into a hole (13a) of a cargo container (13) by manipulation of the swivel stacking pin tool.

Abstract: A tool for grasping a ratchet socket to stop the socket from turning during reverse strokes of the ratchet. The tool comprises a looped flexible belt connected at one end to an adjustable bar and connected to a spring biased rod at the other end. A slidable trigger is connected to the spring biased rod to permit the loop in the flexible belt to be enlarged for slipping over the socket. When the trigger is released the loop grips the socket and frictionally holds the socket from turning on the reverse stroke of the ratchet.

Abstract: An improved paint roller frame having a three section handle, each section of which is longitudinally adjustable in relation to the others, and having means for locking those sections at virtually any longitudinal position in relation to the others, provides for a middle section having a grasping means for facilitating the rotation of either the proximal or distal sections in relation to the middle section.

Abstract: A system for installing a baby seat, of the type that includes a transverse channel within a base, in an automobile. A clip that includes a bell spring with arms bonded to planar pads permits the installer to maintain the extended position of the automobile seat belt against retraction. An elongated member includes a handle and a clip at its opposed ends. The elongated member and the clip in combination exceed the length of the transverse channel, permitting the installer to insert the elongated member into the channel. The clip is thereby readily accessible to the engagement plate at the end of the seat belt at the same time that the handle can be grasped from the other side of the baby seat. This permits the installer to thread the baby seat through the transverse channel for subsequent engagement to a mating seat belt buckle.

Abstract: An overhead electrical fixture including a lowerable serviceable fixture portion that may be readily lowered by a portable lowering tool to facilitate servicing by a technician at ground level. The overhead fixture includes a mounting base adapted to be secured relatively high above ground level, such as in a church. In the normal operating position, the serviceable fixture portion is releasably secured to the mounting base by a relatively short length of cable secured at one end to the serviceable fixture portion, and at the opposite end to a cable connector, such as a ring. The ring rests against the mounting base adjacent a slotted opening in the normal operating position. The ring may be engaged by a hook of the lowering tool and rotated so that the ring may pass through the slotted opening in the mounting base to effect release and lowering of the serviceable fixture portion.

Abstract: A recovery device for use from the cargo door of a helicopter hovering over vehicle to be recovered and including a telescoping pole with an upper end secured to the helicopter floor and a lower end defining a hoop which can be manipulated around the weapon or target into a first position for securing a first noose to a first portion of the vehicle to be recovered. The snare pole is then shifted to a second position where a second noose is tightened around a second portion of the vehicle. After the nooses have been positioned about the vehicle, the crewman aboard the helicopter pulls the retainer lanyard joined to the retaining pins. This operation releases the snare pole from the helicopter. The inner pole telescopes within the outer pole, and the vehicle is held directly beneath the helicopter by the cargo hook. The pilot can then fly the helicopter upwardly to carry the vehicle clear of the water.

Abstract: A pine cone retrieving tool having an array of three flexible, elongated tines extending downwardly from a flat support plate on the lower end of an elongated handle with the tines arranged in a downwardly converging array in which the separations between adjacent sides of the lower ends of each of the respective pairs of adjacent tines are unequal distances correlative to straddling dimensions of pine cone varieties.

Abstract: The handle device includes a frame member and a handle member. The frame member has a pair of longitudinal grooves, while the handle member has two first tubes mounted securely in the longitudinal grooves, at least one of the first tubes being provided with a plurality of longitudinally aligned holes, and a U-shaped handle with two opposed second tubes inserted slidably in the first tubes. A spring-loaded projection member is mounted to the first end of the second tube which is enclosed by the first tube that is formed with the longitudinally aligned holes. A spring-biased actuating lever is mounted pivotally to the U-shaped handle such that a front end of the actuating lever is located nearer to the second tube than a rear end of the same. A rigid connecting stick is disposed inside the second tube and connects the spring-loaded projection member to the front end of the actuating lever. When the lever is at the normal condition, the spring-loaded projection member engages one of the holes of the first tube.

Abstract: A telescoping hand tool for retrieving filters or metallic debris in the duct work of air management systems where the tool is formed from non-metallic materials and employs a hook designed to remove a filter without significantly damaging the filter frame and alternatively a magnet designed to slide along the duct work and collect metallic debris.

Abstract: A hand-held, hooked cleaning tool for removing debris from the intermediate gaps between the boards of architectural wooden decks; the tool having a T-shaped tool head (30) fitted into a low friction, non-marring nose piece (18), both attached to a handle (10). The tool head (30) is configured with two adjoining hook portions that effect cleaning of the gaps between deck boards; with the operator applying either pushing or pulling motion to the handle.

Abstract: A device for extending the handle of implements and for coupling thereto hygiene devices, grooming and like components comprising an elongated support member formed of a thin strip of metallic material of a generally rigid nature, the support member having planar front and rear surfaces of a limited width, and having a front operational end and a rear operator-controlled end, a handle secured over the rear end for being held by the user, and a plurality of apertures extending centrally through the support member adjacent to the front end for supporting clips; and a plurality of clips, each clip formed with a planar section having gripping teeth at the far ends normally together and diverging surfaces terminating at widely spaced near ends with an aperture extending through each near end, the aperture at the rear end being of essentially the same size as the aperture through the support member, each clip also including a generally cylindrical resilient member tending to hold the planar sections of the clip wit

Abstract: A combination can crushing and retrieving device having a movable gripping and crushing jaw means. An aluminum can can be gripped and positioned within the device for pivotal engagement of a crushing jaw by pressure inserted thereon by the user's foot. The can is crushed and folded and can be transported by the device for release and disposal as well as initial gripping of the can for positioning within the crushing device.

Abstract: Our invention generally provides an extension handle which attaches to hand-power tools, more particularly, nail guns, and not only increases the distance between the hand-power tool and the operator's hand, but also provides a remote triggering mechanism which controls the triggering mechanism on the hand-power tool. Our extension handle generally includes a handle, an adjustable extension arm, a device to attach and position the extension arm to the hand-power tool, and a remote triggering mechanism to allow engagement and disengagement of the triggering mechanism of the hand-power tool from the handle of the extension handle.

Abstract: A restraint for grasping limbs and appendages includes an elongated pole having a generally U-shaped pair of arms extending from the forward end thereof. A pair of jaws are pivotally secured to the end portions of the U-shaped arms and are pivotally movable between opened and closed positions. A ratchet mechanism is operative upon each of the pivotable jaws to permit inward movement of the jaws with substantial ease while preventing outward pivotal movement of the jaws. A pair of flexible bands are coupled in a criss-cross attachment between the outer ends of each pivotal jaw and the oppositely positioned U-shaped portion arms. The intersecting point of the criss-crossing flexible bands supports an encircling annular ring. As the restraint is thrust against a target limb or appendage positioned between the U-shaped portions and pivotal jaws, the flexible bands curve about the target appendage drawing the pivotal jaws inwardly in an enclosing pivotal motion which is permitted by the ratchet mechanism.

Abstract: A releasable screed handle for being operatively secured to a selected screeding member to manipulate the screeding member through the various spreading and smoothing motions requisite in working concrete. The screed handle consists of an elongated handle that is pivotally affixed, at an angle of about 105.degree. from the vertical, to a lockable clamping plier that is capable of receiving and clamping a screed member of selected size and thickness.

Abstract: There are a number of situations where objects must be picked up and transported to a remote location for future disposal. The hand held grappling tool of this invention is designed to pick up and transport an animal carcass, but can be used for any object. A pair of pickup plates having sharp spikes on their interior surface are each supported on the lower end of a leaf spring. The two leaf springs are attached to the lower end of a hollow tube which has a handle rigidly attached near its upper end. An actuator mechanism comprises a cable attached to the pickup plates adjacent the lower end of each leaf spring and extending upward into the hollow tube to a trigger device. The two cables position the pickup plates to pick up the carcass by displacing the trigger device. A first trigger device distance places the pickup plates in a first position, with a first angular orientation so that the spikes contact the carcass.

Abstract: A strap installer to extend the reach of a worker on the ground to allow the worker to engage a hook of a strap on an overhead tarpaulin. The strap installer has an extension element, a strap holder, and a securing element. The extension element is an elongated member that extends the reach of a worker on the ground. The strap holder holds a portion of the strap near the hook to be attached to the tarpaulin, and is removably secured to one end of the extension element. The securing element secures a free end of the strap to the extension element.

Abstract: A band inserter device comprising a housing having a forward transverse slot therethrough and a rearward internally threaded aperture, whereby the slot is to receive an end of a banding strap. An elongated handle having an externally threaded shank engages with the internally threaded aperture. An assembly within the housing is for gripping the end of the banding strap when the shank of the handle is tightened in the aperture of the housing, so that the banding strap can be inserted under a skid and about a package on the skid.

Abstract: Safety apparatus for disconnecting overhead electrical switches for maintenance, comprising an insulated rod having an upper disconnect hook to engage a handle of a switch box and move it from an on position to an off position in which power is disconnected, an arm attached to the rod and cooperating with the hook to secure the switch handle in the off position, and a locking device connected to the arm and to the rod to prevent inadvertent movement of the switch handle to the on position.

Abstract: A manipulable hand for use in laparoscopic surgery is disclosed, having a master or control hand with clamps for attaching the master hand to that of an operator, the master hand having at least one finger, the finger having at least one hinge corresponding to an interphalangeal joint in a human hand. The manipulable hand further includes a slave or controlled hand, distally disposed from the operator, the slave hand having at least one finger, the finger having at least one hinge corresponding to an interphalangeal joint of a human finger. Both the master and slave hinges are capable of movement corresponding to flexion and extension of a human finger. The master hand and the slave hand are connected by motion transmission rods or cables, and the movements of the slave hand corresponds one-for-one to the movements of the master hand.

Abstract: A tool for cleaning an eaves trough having a scoop portion comprising a flat rectangular bottom, an upstanding back wall and opposite side walls. The bottom and side walls have a plurality of teeth formed at the front ends with two of the teeth on the bottom extending longer than the remaining teeth. The scoop portion is attached at one of its side walls to a strap which curves up and over the edge of the eaves trough allowing the scoop portion to be placed upon the eaves trough when used. A handle is attached to the other end of the strap and extends a sufficient distance for an individual to grasp and clean the eaves trough while standing on the ground.

Abstract: A pivotal rain gutter facilitates easy cleaning thereof. In one embodiment the device has a hinge assembly which is secured to a structural support. A trough is secured to the hinge assembly using a single fastener. The trough is also supported by a retaining strap which is secured to the structural support and may be engaged and disengaged from the trough. The trough may thereby be pivoted down for ease of cleaning. A pole effector facilitates engaging and disengaging of the retaining strap. A flexible downspout allows the gutter to be pivoted up and down without disconnecting the downspout.

Abstract: Apparatus and method for securing an anchor strap in a relatively fixed position at a location which is spaced a substantial distance from a fixed surface wherein the anchor strap has a relatively flexible intermediate portion, a relatively rigid one end portion having an anchor ring secured thereto and a closed loop at the other end portion and wherein an operating tool mounted on the end of an extensible handle is used to pass the relatively rigid one end portion over a fixed support and then pull the relatively rigid one end portion through the closed loop to secure the anchor strap on the fixed support and wherein another operating tool mounted on the end of the extensible handle is used to connect or disconnect a snap hook, having a lifeline attached thereto, to or from the anchor ring. In another embodiment, a portion of the relatively flexible intermediate portion extending from the relatively rigid one end portion is provided with stitching to add rigidity thereto.

Abstract: A foldable rake implement (commonly referred to as a garden or lawn rake) suitable for smoothing the ground or gathering debris, such as leaves and grass clippings from the ground. The rake includes an elongated, preferably cylindrical, rod handle having a proximal end to be grasped by the user and a distal end. An articulated frame structure is attached to the rod handle proximate the distal end. The articulated frame has axes of articulation defining folding axes parallel to the rake rod handle about which the articulated frame articulates or moves between an unfolded position whereat the opposite sides of the articulated frame symmetrically project outwardly to opposite lateral sides of the rod handle and a folded position whereat the opposite sides of the articulated frame are moved toward each other and into generally mutual overlaying relationship. A plurality of spaced-apart tines are mounted to the articulated frame.

Abstract: An apparatus for scooping up and depositing a golf ball on a permanent golf range tee includes a ball retaining platform member having an upper surface and a lower surface, and having an edge including a ball-retaining notch for receiving and retaining a golf ball, a tee locating member joined to the platform member by a hinge or sliding posts for permitting the tee locating member and the platform member to move toward each other and away from each other to a predetermined extent while remaining structurally connected, so that the tee locating member may be slidably spaced below the lower surface, the tee locating member having an edge with a tee-receiving notch, and an elongate handle member having a first end and a second end and secured to the platform member at the first end.

Abstract: The filter changing device is a rectangular device comprised of a rear and front piece with an elongated slot of 1/4" in diameter to the front piece. This helps guide a movable insert within the rectangular device to extend to various lengths. The insert is locked in place by a 1/4.times.20 welded stud affixed to the flexible insert. A washer and wing nut help hold the flexible insert in place to secure the front and rear piece by the means of a dimple-like indentation on left and right.

Abstract: This invention comprises an instrument for peritoneal approximation following the application of mesh in a laparoscopic herniorrhaphy or for approximating any tissues that could physically reach each other during the performance of any laparoscopic procedure. The Maritsa Tissue Approximator comprises an elongated cylinder which is divided into two elongated compartments by a central plate which extends outwardly from the bottom of the cylinder. The head of the instrument comprises the outwardly extending fixed plate and two independently controlled jaws which close separately over the fixed central plate. The jaws are pivotally mounted onto a lateral extension of the center plate by pin-means about which they rotate thus opening or closing over the fixed central plate. The rotation about the pin is caused by a control wire which extends through a compartment of the cylinder and is affixed to a pivotal member at the other end of the instrument.

Abstract: A pick-up tool is disclosed for picking up, moving, and releasing a variety of objects through the use of a single hand. A spring wire, formed into a crossing loop, is drawn through a bearing with the ends of the loop grasping the object in a pincers action. The loop is attached to a guide that slides along a shaft. A cord, attached to the guide, is pulled by the action of a rod that is rotatably disposed in a handle attached at an oblique angle to the shaft.

Abstract: This invention discloses, in one aspect, a personal rescue device for use in outer space which has an inflatable flexible tube with a shaper apparatus therein. Gas under pressure flows through the shaper apparatus and into the flexible tube. The flexible tube is mounted to the shaper so that as it inflates it expands and deploys lengthwise away from the shaper. In one embodiment a housing contains the shaper and the flexible tube and the housing is designed to facilitate movement of the expanding tube from the housing so the expanding tube does not bunch up in the housing.

Abstract: A tool permitting a longshoreman to install and remove stacking pins from cargo containers without the necessity of using a ladder is disclosed. The stacking pin tool includes a segmented, elongated, handle with one end segment thereof terminating in a specifically designed stacking pin engagement and retention structure for a specific design stacking pin. The longshoreman remains on the deck while engaging and retaining the stacking pin with the end of the tool, rotating the tool and pin 180.degree. to individually position stacking pins over and in position to be inserted in each of the four reinforced corners of a cargo container. The length of the elongated handle is adjusted by adding or removing segments therein for use in one or two tier cargo container stacks.

Abstract: A tool structure including an outer sleeve, having a slide rod slidably directed coaxially of the sleeve, having a slide rod jaw fixedly mounted to the rod exteriorly of the sleeve, with a pivot jaw pivotally mounted to the slide rod jaw, the pivot jaw having an extension rod including an actuator link. with the actuator link mounted pivotally to the sleeve, whereupon pulling of the sleeve effects directing of the pivot jaw to the slide rod jaw for the grasping of a cable.

Abstract: A handheld device for picking up objects and its major components are a handgrip assembly, an elongated tubular member, a combination plunger and double bellcrank assembly, and structure connected to the front end of the bellcranks for picking up objects. The structure for picking up objects can be clamshell buckets, gripping jaws, or other desired structure. The combination plunger and double bell crank assembly has an elongated plunger having a head portion on its front end that reciprocates back and forth between the respective left and right side bellcrank members. Cam surfaces on the head portion contact distinctive surfaces of the recesses formed in the bellcrank member causing the structure for picking up objects to open their arms upon travel of the plunger and close their arms upon its return travel.

Abstract: A bulb grasping unit for an elongated cylindrical fluorescent bulb is mounted on an elongated handle to facilitate replacement of fluorescent bulbs in out of reach fixtures. The bulb grasping unit is resiliently radially expansible to snap into engagement with the bulb.

Abstract: A tool structure includes an elongate frame member having a forward end and a rear end, with the forward end pivotally mounting a plurality of jaws relative to the forward end, and the frame including tubular slide legs, each having a resilient connection relative to one of the jaws such that a sliding of the slide legs towards a rear end of the frame effects opening of the jaws permitting their securement of a can for lifting.

Abstract: A fish gaff apparatus has a hook member and a pole member. The hook member has a nook portion and a cover portion that is biased to assume different positions relative to the hook portion. The cover portion in a first position extends between both ends of the hook portion to prevent injury by the hook end of the latter. The cover portion in a second position holds the hook member on the pole member. Using the pole member, the hook member is inserted into a fish. The pole member is then moved relative to the hook member to disconnect those two members, and the bias between the two portions of the hook member moves the cover portion back toward its first position to press against the fish. The hook member may be constructed from a single length of wire.

Abstract: A cylindrical receptacle has an open front end and a closed rear end. A handle leads rigidly from a side wall of the receptacle in a lateral direction at approximately 45.degree. from the longitudinal plane of the receptacle. In one embodiment the receptacle has longitudinal side openings of a length greater than one-half the length of the receptacle and of a dimension to hold scooped articles but to allow foreign material to fall or be shaken out. Another embodiment of the invention has a front fluted edge. In yet another embodiment, the receptacle has a closed side wall and the connection between the handle and the receptacle provides communication between the handle and the receptacle. In this embodiment the handle has a fitting at its free end for a garden hose whereby the receptacle can be cleaned by pressured water flowing through the handle.

Abstract: A holder for displaying a bingo card for pickup includes a pair of vertically extensible wire rods, the lower one of which is attached to a supporting base and the upper one of which includes an integral wire clip for releasably holding the card or other thin sheet materials. The clipped card may be held and displayed for pickup by extending the upper rod member to hold the material above the player's table. The extensible rods are preferably demountable from the base and the base provided with receptacles for other bingo-playing accessories. The holder, base and accessories may be conveniently packaged and sold as a kit.

Abstract: An electromagnetic pick-up retriever tool having a number of interchangeable accessories to assist in locating, illuminating, viewing and retrieving both magnetic and non-magnetic objects such as small mechanical parts. The tool has a pistol-like handle which contains the power source and circuitry and which has a receptacle which selectively receives various attachments such as a bendable/reformable wand having an electromagnet at the end. Illuminating lights and fiber optic viewers may be selectively attached to the device.

Abstract: This invention is directed to a tool comprising a pair of hand grasping juxtapositioned rods which are clamped together for movement under spring bias one relative to the other. A pair of heads are mounted one on each of the common ends of the rods for grasping therebetween the grid of a barbecue grill.