Abstract: A modification kit for a reaching tool having a pair of elongated flexible spring fingers pivotally secured to a shaft and adapted to move toward one another to facilitate grasping an object includes a cuff having a sufficient interior space to receive and support therein a substantial portion of the spring fingers so as to constrain their outward lateral movement when they are moved towards one another for engaging an object thereby substantially increasing the weight load capacity of the reaching tool.

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.