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Granted Patent B2
US 12661776 · App. 17/743,311 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Telescopic grabber device

Inventors: Dani E. Gannon (Newark, DE); Joshua Zapata (Garfield, NJ)
B25J1/04B25G1/04E01H1/12E01H2001/1293
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Patent No.
US 12661776
App. No.
17/743,311
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A collapsible grabber device, comprises a telescoping pole; a jaw assembly at the distal end of the pole comprising two jaws movably coupled by a pivot for releasably gripping an object in a closed position, a handle at the proximal end configured to house the telescoping pole and the jaw assembly in the collapsed state; a lever on handle for controlling the jaw assembly; a spring within the jaw assembly for biasing the jaws in either an open position or a closed position; and a cable coupling the jaw assembly and the lever. Advantages of the grabber include compactness, concealability, higher usage rates, collapsibility/extendibility, ruggedness, precision and attractiveness.

Claims (12)

1 . A collapsible grabber device comprising:

a telescoping pole having a proximal end and a distal end;

a jaw assembly at the distal end comprising two jaws movably coupled by a pivot for releasably gripping an object in a closed position;

a handle at the proximal end configured to house the telescoping pole and the jaw assembly in a collapsed state;

a lever disposed on the handle and configured for single-hand actuation of the jaw assembly;

a flexible cable routed internally through the telescoping pole and operatively coupling the lever and the jaw assembly; and

a spring disposed between the two jaws and configured to bias the jaws in a closed position such that the jaws automatically close upon release of the lever.

2 . The device of claim 1 , wherein each of the two jaws comprises a resilient pad for contacting items to be grabbed, the pads being in contact with each other when the jaws are in the closed position, and wherein the resilient pads are formed of a high-friction elastomeric material to enhance gripping performance.

3 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the spring is disposed between the two jaws.

4 . The device of claim 3 , wherein the spring is configured to automatically return the jaws to the closed position upon release of the lever, thereby enabling retention of an object without continuous user input.

5 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the telescoping pole comprises a lock switch for locking the telescoping pole in a collapsed state.

6 . The device of claim 1 , wherein the telescoping pole comprises a lock switch for locking the telescoping pole in an extended state.