Ultimate Grab-All System, BDT Industries, LLC.

Brief Summary
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US Patent #: US9238302
USPTO Link: The Ultimate Grab-All System
USPTO Image: The Ultimate Grab-All Reaching Apparatus
Proposal: Invention Information with Pictures

Abstract

This invention is a lifting apparatus that uses a gripper arm and a gripping shaft for grasping and lifting heavy and bulky objects. This invention has the ability for swappable attachments.

Description

The invention of the hand-held Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers has a depressor trigger that activates a push rod on the outside of the main shaft. The push rod is designed to enable the moveable gripper arm to open wide enough to pick up large items. The Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers has a retractable spring connected to the depressor trigger and main shaft to keep the moveable gripper arm in an open position. The design element of the push rod and the moveable gripper arm is what makes this invention design very different than other patented inventions. The ability of this Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers to pick up items of large weight capacity is another specification that makes this invention outperform its cabled counterparts. The specific measurements and drawings are detailed below.

Details of the Invention

Mechanical Advantage = MA = Fb/Fa = Force B/Force A

Force B is the gripping arm capacity to the fixed shaft, dependent partially upon Force A.

Force A is the force applied between the squeeze lever arm to the handle grip.

These are the identifiable parts of this invention.

Squeeze Lever Arm
Handle Grip
Finger Guard
Spring-Powered Return
Squeeze Lever Arm Pivot Point
Depressor Lever
Fulcrum Point
Push Arm Lever
Bracket Fastener
Pivot 1
Pivot 2
Fixed Shaft
Curved Gripper Arm
Gripper Arm Gripper
Main Shaft Gripper

Listing of Swappable Attachments

Rubber grippers
Metal-toothed grippers
Rake Attachments
Forked Attachments

Operation of the Invention

As squeezing force is applied to 1 towards 2, a force is applied to 9 by 5, 6, and 7 to 11 forcing 14 to close to 16. 12 allows 14 to close and retract from 13.

Translation: As squeezing force is applied to the squeeze lever arm towards the handle grip, a force is applied to the push arm lever by the squeeze lever arm pivot point, the depressor lever, and fulcrum point to pivot 1 forcing the curved gripper arm to close to the main shaft gripper. Pivot 2 allows to close and retract from 13.

When 1 is released, 4 returns 14 to the original position.

Translation: When the squeeze lever arm is released, the spring-powered return returns the curved gripper arm to the original position.

15 opens, picks up the object and pushes it towards 16.

Translation: The gripper arm gripper picks up the object and pushes it towards the main shaft

Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers

Inventor: David Thibodeaux, Co-Inventor, Benjamin Thibodeaux (2013)

Issues This Invention Solves

The purpose of this section is to report the issues this invention can solve based on the design elements of this apparatus. Aspects of Novelty and components of a Nonobvious invention are discussed. This section will summarize how the how this invention assists with basic human functions that other patents are unable to solve.

Functions of the Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers

Picks up firewood, logs, and bricks up to 10 times its weight
Picks up limbs and debris around home or work or construction sites
Picks up piles of trimmed hedges and prickly bushes such as sago palms, cactus or brush piles.
Picks up debris from war zones and natural disasters, floods, hurricanes and tornadoes
Picks up hazardous waste and oil-soaked rags
Puts firewood in fireplace or wood stove without burning hands
Lifts wood pieces around construction sites

Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers Solves Problems

Saves your back from strain and injury
Helps prevent hernias
Works faster and more efficient
Saves money for employers
Decreases strain on the knees and joints
Practical, functional simple machine that reduces work load

Novelty of the Invention

The design and scale/size allows the moveable arm to open wider (10 inches) than any other Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers on the market.
The weight capacity allows the Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers to lift objects up to 10 times (27.5lbs) its own weight of 2.75lbs, larger than any other Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers on the market.
The weight of the Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers enables one to easily maneuver the device without strain.

Non-obvious Invention to Existing Technology

The Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers has a push rod and gripper teeth that enable the moveable arm to open wide enough (up to 10 inches) to pick up heavy objects up to 10 times its weight.
When an item is lifted with this Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers, one can pick it up with only one hand and put the other hand under the shaft to hoist the item up, if needed.
All other Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers comparable to this one are all smaller and designed to limit the use of the product. This grabber will open wider and grip tighter, therefore increasing the products usability.
The Lifting Apparatus with Large Weight Capacity Grippers has the potential to be created and manufactured at low cost because there are no internal parts that need to be made. It is a simple machine that solves an age-old problem.