Granted Patent B2

US 8,262,144 · App. 12/781,356 · Granted Sep 11, 2012

Abstract

Claims (11)

1. A hand tool comprising: a main body; a pair of arms connected to a first end of the main body; first tips connected to a first end of said arms and extending parallel with a longitudinal axis of said hand tool, and configured to grasp an object; and second tips connected to said arms and said first tips, said second tips disposed between said arms and said first tips and having a first curved portion and a second curved portion and configured to grasp an object.

2. The hand tool according to claim 1 wherein the arms are configured to be elastically urged to separate from one another.

3. The hand tool according to claim 1 wherein the second tips have a semicircular inner surface.

4. The hand tool according to claim 1 wherein said arms have a curved shape extending downwardly from the main body to the first and second tips.

5. The hand tool according to claim 1 further comprising a reinforcing portion on one of said arms or embedded in said arms.

6. The hand tool according to claim 1 wherein the first tips have a blunt circular outward configuration.

7. The hand tool according to claim 1 further comprising a scoop portion at a second end of the main body.

8. The hand tool according to claim 7 wherein the scoop portion further comprises a scoop opening.

9. The hand tool according to claim 7 wherein said scoop portion comprises scoop walls on first and second portions.

10. The hand tool according to claim 7 wherein the scoop portion comprises first and second scoop bases.

11. The hand tool according to claim 7 wherein the scoop portion is configured as two portions and further configured to be squeezed to close a scoop opening, the scope portions moveable relative to each other in a direction perpendicular to a direction that the arms are movable relative to each other.

Assignments (21)