| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 294990100 | Resilient jaws | 49 |
| 20110109110 | RESILIENT CLAMP FOR HOLDING A CONTAINER BY THE NECK | 05-12-2011 |
| 20120292935 | Gripper for pulling arrows - A gripper for pulling arrows, which are composed of an arrow head and an arrow shaft. The gripper comprises a handle, a gripper head and at least three hinges, wherein the handle and the gripper head comprise two first legs extending in an elongated manner, which are connected to one another via the first hinge, which has a first rotation axis aligned transversely to the elongated extension of the legs, so that two counteracting levers are provided by means of the first hinge as a first support. Two lever arm sections act as force arm sections, thus being assigned to the handle, and two lever arm sections act as load arm sections, thus being assigned to the gripper head. On each of the two lever arm sections that are assigned to the gripper head, a gripper jaw is pivoted in the interior of the gripper head. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20130277995 | HAND TOOL - A hand tool including a handle and a tool head. The tool head is a V-shaped or modified V-shaped tool head. | 10-24-2013 |
| 20140138970 | ROBOT HAND AND ROBOT - Four fingers forming a first finger pair and a second finger pair are driven in such a way that the four fingers move closer to or away from an object simultaneously at the same speed to grip the object. This eliminates the need to drive the fingers independently, which makes it possible to simplify the structure and control of the robot hand. Moreover, one of the two fingers forming the second finger pair is a deformable finger. Therefore, even when the second finger pair grasps the object before the first finger pair grasps the object, the deformable finger is deformed, and eventually it is possible to grasp the object with the four fingers. This allows the robot hand to grip various objects even though the robot hand has a simple structure and is controlled with ease. | 05-22-2014 |
| 20150015010 | ELECTROMECHANICAL TOOL HOLDER ASSEMBLY FOR MOBILE MANIPULATION APPARATUS - A tool holder assembly, comprising, a first part ( | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150091316 | CONTAINER-HANDLING OR GRIPPER ARRANGEMENT - A container-handling or gripper arrangement. The abstract of the disclosure is submitted herewith as required by 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b). As stated in 37 C.F.R. §1.72(b): A brief abstract of the technical disclosure in the specification must commence on a separate sheet, preferably following the claims, under the heading “Abstract of the Disclosure.” The purpose of the abstract is to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public generally to determine quickly from a cursory inspection the nature and gist of the technical disclosure. The abstract shall not be used for interpreting the scope of the claims. Therefore, any statements made relating to the abstract are not intended to limit the claims in any manner and should not be interpreted as limiting the claims in any manner. | 04-02-2015 |
| 20160129584 | Handheld Collector Device for Gathering Small Objects - A handheld collector device adapted to retrieve small objects, the device having an elongated handle, a head mounted to the handle, a plurality of tine sets retained by the head and an ejection mechanism to eject the objects. Each tine set has a plurality of individual tines projecting outwardly in spaced relation. The tines are relatively rigid members possessing a degree of flexibility such that when the ends of the tines are pressed onto objects to be collected, the tines flex sufficiently to pass over and capture the objects. The device is modular in construction such that the tine sets can be removed and replaced in order to adapt the device to provide optimum results for varying sizes and types of objects. | 05-12-2016 |
| 294990200 | Hand-held (e.g., tweezer, tongs) | 41 |
| 20080224490 | Eating Utensil - An eating utensil has first and second elongated stick members extending parallel to each other and a U-shaped connector attaching the stick members together. Each of the stick members has a base portion extending in a first plane, a intermediate portion extending in a second plane, and an end portion extending in a third plane. The connector located in the first plane and attaches together the base portion of the first stick member with the base portion of the second stick member. Both of the stick members are thus curved to facilitate handling and use of the utensil | 09-18-2008 |
| 20090021033 | Illuminated magnifying tweezers - The tweezers include first and second elongated object retaining members. Each of the retaining members has a forward section and a rear section. A body is situated between the retaining members. The forward sections of the retaining members are movable between a position remote from each other and a position wherein the forward sections are proximate to each other, so as to retain an object therebetween. The body includes means for illuminating an object retained by the retaining members. The body also carries a magnifying lens and means for mounting the lens on the body for movement between a position aligned with the retained object and a position remote from the retained object. The present invention permits the user to illuminate and magnify a retained object using one hand, while the other hand is free to perform other tasks. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090026782 | DUAL USE CHOPSTICK AND CHOPSTICK ASSEMBLY FOR GRASPING SOLID FOODS AND DRINKING LIQUIDS - The Present Invention is for a chopstick that is hollow along its longitudinal axis. As such, it is a drinking straw that is constructed from a material sturdier than conventional drinking straws. As such, it has a top and a bottom end. The top end is used for holding and sipping. The bottom end is used to hold food and is immersed in liquid. An undesired effect of the dual use is that solid food could possible travel up the chopstick straw and become lodged therein. So, to prevent this from happening, a thin wire barrier is positioned across the bottom end. The wire barrier is used to deflect solid food from entering the solid straw along with the liquid. | 01-29-2009 |
| 20090066101 | Easy view tweezers - A tweezers, comprising two identical elongated thin sheets having a stationary end and a pair of free opposing ends, the free opposing ends having a tip on each end; and, a first opening on a surface of the free opposing ends of the elongated thin sheet proximal to the tip for detecting an object pinched between the pair of free opposing ends. The tweezers can have a second opening on each surface of the free opposing end at a location behind the first opening proximal to the tip. The second opening is for accommodating a finger as it grips on the tweezers. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20090091150 | CHOPSTICKS GRIPPER - A chopsticks gripper article has a solid housing with a flexible inner layer therein. The flexible inner layer has a pair of chopstick-receiving through holes therein. The housing has a pair of upper through holes and a pair of lower through holes on opposite walls of the housing. A protruding portion extends downwardly from the housing and is positioned between the pair of lower through holes. A chopsticks blocking structure extends downwardly along opposite sides of the protruding portion. The protruding portion has sides that are inclined so as to converge away from the housing. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090091151 | CHOPSTICKS GRIPPER - The present invention provides a chopsticks gripper. The gripper includes an intermediate block containing top, bottom and four sides. A semi-angle internal gripping slot penetrating the intermediate block is arranged separately at left and right sides. The internal gripping slot is also placed obliquely. A left clamp splice is penetrated by a semi-angle first external gripping slot correspondingly to the intermediate block. A right clamp splice is penetrated by a semi-angle second external gripping slot correspondingly to the intermediate block. A flexible sleeving member, sleeved onto the intermediate block and around the left and right clamp splices, enables flexible positioning. With the chopsticks gripper, users learn how to use and hold chopsticks quickly and correctly. | 04-09-2009 |
| 20090102214 | Compact double tweezers - Two tweezers which folds and unfolds relative to each other is connected by a central connector which allows the rotation of the tweezers without one tweezers rubbing into the other tweezers. Each tweezers has a tweezer head section extending to a base section. The base sections have an external base cover serving as handles for the tweezers. A cover shields the tweezer heads of the two tweezers. A spring assisted locator pin inserts and retracts from a hole as the tweezers positions back and forth from a folding position to an unfolding position. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090102215 | Flipping double headed tweezers - A flipping double tweezers having a stationary and a movable tweezers. Each tweezers is formed from two elongated plates or molded as a single piece and has a tweezer head including a pincer and its tips and a fused rear section. The rear section of the stationary and the movable tweezers are designed to connect the tweezers and form a flipping mechanism whereby the movable tweezers can swing along a 180 degree orbit relative to the stationary tweezers. | 04-23-2009 |
| 20090115213 | Apparatus for Removing Undesirable Objects from a Surface - Disclosed is an apparatus for removal of an object from a surface. The apparatus includes a first arm and a second arm having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion. The proximal end portion of the first arm and the proximal end portion of the second arm are coupled, thereby enabling the distal end portion of the first arm and the distal end portion of the second arm to be spaced apart and capable of bending towards the space therebetween. The apparatus includes a first scoop extending from the distal end portion of the first arm and a second scoop extending from the distal end portion of the second arm. The first scoop and the second scoop are configured to grip the object upon pressing the first arm and the second arm towards the space therebetween, thereby enabling removal of the object without a user touching the object. | 05-07-2009 |
| 20090134645 | TWEEZERS - A tweezer includes two symmetrical levers attached at one fixed end thereof. Each lever has a connecting section connected to a holding section, which is connected to an end section extending therefrom in that order. A distance between the two connecting sections gradually decreases towards the holding sections. A distance between the two end sections gradually increases away from the holding sections. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090167040 | Chopsticks with a magnetic open device - Chopsticks with a magnetic open device consists of a pair of chopsticks that each chopstick has installed a magnetic disc. The polarity of the magnetic discs of chopsticks is properly arranged to let chopsticks attract each other and to form a about 30 degrees of angle to facilitate grasping foods. | 07-02-2009 |
| 20090212583 | ELEVATED LOCKING TONGS - The object of the Kitchen Tongs With Integrated Elevating Feet is to provide an easy to use locking system which allows the user to lock the tong in the closed position. Additionally, the tongs are supported so that when they are placed on a horizontal surface the end used for grasping food or other items is raised above the horizontal surface on which they are placed. | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090267372 | Tweezers with pivotal slidable illuminating device - A tweezer assembly for handling minute objects includes two prongs comprising a rear opening having an upward inclined proximal end, an arcuate, enlarged distal end, and an elongated straight portion; a fulcrum member integrally formed with the prongs and having a through hole; a handle comprising two half portions including a grooved rail with the prong secured thereto and a trough aligned with the opening, and an intermediate member having a projection inserting into the through hole to secure the handle and the fulcrum member together; and a lamp comprising two side projections having a peripheral groove and a flat on the groove. The lamp is adapted to slide by sliding the projections along the troughs. The sliding will be stopped when the grooves enter the proximal ends with the flats being inclined to engage the proximal ends so as to pivot the lamp. | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090322108 | Opposed fork food grasping device - The present invention is a clamshell form eating utensil for gripping and retaining rigid and semi rigid self supporting food items to cleanly and sanitarily bring them to the mouth for eating. The utensil includes an upper and lower leaf pivotally fixed together by a self closing hinge on one edge and formed with a series of times along an opposite edge. The tines include primary gripping tines plus secondary tines providing lateral stability to food items are provided at either end of each leaf. A tail is provided on each leaf extending past the pivotal axis a the hinge operative as a lever to open the utensil, the lower tail bring provided with a plurality of finger holes to aid the diner in manipulating the food during the meal. Drain holes may be provided in each leaf to permit excess sauces and liquids to drain away. A bridging member between the upper and lower leaves protects the hinge from being soiled by food items. | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100001541 | Pinching tool - A pinching tool includes a pair of less deformable elongated plate shape bodies and a resilient body. Each of plate shape bodies has a pinching portion at one end with a flat pinching surface on its inner surface, a supporting portion at another end with a flat contact surface on its inner surface, and a handling portion between the both ends with an inner surface. When the pinching surface and the contact surface of one of the plate shape bodies is brought into contact with those of another of the plate shape bodies, the pinching surfaces and the contact surfaces are respectively tightly in contact with each other. The resilient body is fitted to the supporting portions and couples the pair of the plate shape bodies together to be spring-loaded in a direction of separation of the two plate shape bodies. | 01-07-2010 |
| 20100013254 | Chopsticks - Chopsticks, used for eating, of the type that have a notch, to enable them to be coupled together, arranged in an oblique position on one of the surfaces close to the upper end of the chopsticks, with a suitable slope for assembling the chopsticks in the manner of pliers, with a depth equivalent to half the thickness of the chopstick and with a width equivalent to the width of the actual chopstick, provision having been made for each of the upper edges of said notch to end in ribs that emerge towards the inside of the notch in order for one chopstick to be snap-fitted together with the other. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100052347 | Server tongs with side cross-over arms - A pair of tongs having two elongated forearms that adjoin their respective crossovers that transform the upper forearm into the lower handle means and the lower forearm into the upper handle means. The upper and lower handle means adjoin via a bias close spring that supports the two forearms in a bias open position via the crossovers. This pair of tongs can be easily used to handle food and other materials through hand-squeezing action applied to its forearms. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20100078952 | Self-righting tongs - Self-righting tongs including a pair of handles that are connected together. A pair of jaws is affixed to the handles. At least one of the jaws is provided with a mass that is greater than the combined mass of both of the handles. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100096871 | Tweezers with gripping elements mounted swivelling on branches - The tweezers comprises two branches joined at a first end, a second end of each branch comprising a gripping element. The gripping element of each branch is mounted rotating freely around a swivel axis at the second end of said branch. The gripping element of each branch comprises a longitudinal axis perpendicular to the corresponding swivel axis, and a pad is fixed to a free end of said gripping element perpendicularly to said longitudinal axis of the gripping element. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100164242 | Chopstick Holder - At least one embodiment of the present invention relates to a resilient connecting element for connecting together a pair of chopsticks. The resilient connecting element includes a resilient flexible plate and two pairs of breakthrough portions, each pair of breakthrough portions including a first and a second breakthrough portion. Each second breakthrough portion is positioned at a unidirected distance perpendicularly from an imaginary line extending between each first breakthrough portion. The distance (a) between the second breakthrough portions is equal or shorter than the distance (b) between said first breakthrough portions. At least one embodiment of the present invention also relates to a chopstick arrangement including a resilient element and one pair of chopsticks and to the use of the resilient connecting element in combination with chopsticks for eating food. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100295326 | Tweezers with magnetically pivotal illumination device - A tweezers includes two joined metal legs comprising a forward gripping end and a force exertion portion extending from a rear end of the leg to the gripping end wherein a projection is formed on an inner surface of a head part joining the legs; a battery powered light source having a forward portion pivotably secured to the legs and comprising an on/off switch; a magnet disposed in a rear end of the light source and adapted to attach to the projection; and a plastic member covered the head part and the force exertion portions of the legs. An angle of light emitted from the light source can be adjusted to illuminate an area being worked therewith. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100320788 | Vessel removal and transport system - An improved hand-held apparatus, referred to herein as a heating/cooling vessel (bowl) removal and transportation system, for safely lifting and transporting super-cooled or heated bowls from one area to another. The bowl transporter supports the bowl in a stable manner, is easy to engage and disengage, possibly even one-handed, and is inexpensive to manufacture. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110068594 | Multi-mode probe tweezer - A tweezer that is especially useful for testing and repair of electronic circuits includes a pair of resilient blades ( | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110121592 | Double tipped head tweezers - A tweezers formed from one or two elongated flat sheet. When they are formed from two elongated flat sheets, one end is joined together to form a stationary end resulting in a free opposing end opposite the stationary end. Each free opposing end has a head accommodating a plurality of tips at a distance from each other, the tips from the top member pairing with the tips from the bottom member, opening and closing according to a pressure exerted on a surface proximal to the free opposing ends. The tweezers formed from one flat elongated sheet having two opposite ends are folded at a mid section, the folded section forms the stationary end opposite a free opposing end formed from the two opposite ends of the elongated sheet. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110169286 | CHOPSTICK RETAINING DEVICE - A chopstick retaining device includes a casing and a resilient member disposed in the casing. Two sides of the resilient member relative to the casing form a first passage and a second passage to receive two chopsticks. Through the resilient member, one chopstick is pivoted to approach or to leave the other chopstick. The chopstick retaining device further includes a counterweight block to hold and suspend the chopsticks. The present invention can help the beginner to use the chopsticks with ease. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110193364 | LOCKING TONGS - Tongs including a pair of elongated arms coupled together to move between a generally compressed configuration and a generally expanded configuration. The tongs further include a locking mechanism having a frame, a lock member and a spring to bias the lock member away from the frame. The lock member being movably coupled to the frame to move between a first position in which the lock member allows movement of the arms to the expanded configuration and a second position in which the lock member prevents movement of the arms beyond an intermediate configuration between the expanded and compressed configurations. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110221217 | Finger-manipulated grasping device - A device for assisting manual grasping of articles, the device having:
| 09-15-2011 |
| 20120074723 | ASSEMBLING TOOL FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An assembly tool for mounting a component having opposite pivot holes, includes a first lever, a second lever connected to the first lever, and two positioning poles positioned on the ends of the first lever and the second lever, respectively. The levers can be operated as tweezers to place the positioning poles in the pivot holes for gripping the component. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20120126556 | TWEEZERS - A tweezers include two resilient levers, and two pincers respectively defining two receiving spaces. The two levers respectively engage in the two receiving spaces. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120126557 | CLAMPING TWEEZERS - Clamping tweezers include two elastic arms, two grips, and an adjustment block. The two elastic arms are connected to each other at one end to form a connected end, and start to open from the connected end. Each elastic arm defines a number of spaced grooves adjacent to the connected end. The two grips are rotatably positioned on the distal ends of the two elastic arms, and include two gripping surfaces that face to each other. The adjustment block fits over the two elastic arms from the connected end, and includes teeth and an elastic piece configured for allowing the teeth to engage with the grooves. The adjustment block is able to slide along the elastic arms to adjust an open angle of the two elastic arms. | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120133162 | PRECISION TWEEZERS - Tweezers having two arms designed to be grasped between the thumb and the index for seizing small objects, at least one of said arms being provided with an interchangeable tip. The arms are made of metal or ceramics whilst at least one of the interchangeable tips is made of wood, preferably of boxwood or hornbeam. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120169080 | GRILL TONGS HAVING A HEAT SHIELD - The invention relates to grill tongs, comprising two rods, which are movably connected and which can be pivoted relative to each other and which each have a gripping surface for an item to be grilled at the end of the rods near the grill and which are equipped with a handle at the end of the rods far from the grill, which handle is used as a contact surface for the fingers of a user, wherein a heat shield is arranged on the rod in the area of the handle, which heat shield is fastened to the side of the rod inside the tongs and from there curves around the side of the handle facing outward and is at a distance to the handle. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20130334830 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT GRASPING TOOL - A tool for grasping an electronic component that includes a first arm and a second arm resiliently joined together at one end and each separately extending to free end opposite from each other and spaced apart while at rest. The tool further includes a first and a second extension each attaching to the free end of the respective arms, and a lateral member extending from each extension towards the opposing extension. The extensions and lateral members each have at least one contact surface and the bottom surfaces of the lateral members and inner surfaces of the extensions recede from the contact surfaces, reducing the surface area of contact when an object is grasped with the tool. | 12-19-2013 |
| 20130341941 | Tweezer Device Incorporating Improved Gripping Tip Structures, and Method of using - A tweezer device and method of using that provides an improved gripping tip concept for gripping a work object. The tweezer device comprises two gripping tip bodies arranged in a symmetric vee configuration supported on a first flexible tweezer beam, and a third gripping tip body supported on a second flexible tweezer beam arranged in such a manner that the third gripping tip body engages a work object and directs a force on the work object that is approximately coplanar with the plane of symmetry of the vee configured structure in a manner that pushes the work object into contact with the two vee configured gripping tip bodies thus forming two lines of contact between the work object and the vee configured tip bodies. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140028039 | DISPOSABLE FINGER TONGS FOR HANDLING A FOOD PRODUCT - A combination finger fold holder tong and surface texturizing set includes a set of tongs with finger pockets, whereby the pockets are movable towards and away from each other for grasping an article of food; plus a plurality of adhesively adherable sticker substrates having a first texture imparted side and an opposite adhesive bearing side with a release liner, whereby the texture containing adhesively adherable sticker is placed upon the food engaging surface for manual grasping of articles of food. | 01-30-2014 |
| 20140300121 | DEVICE FOR GRIPPING CRYOGENIC VIALS - Device for gripping cryogenic vials. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140319862 | TONGS WITH TEETH - There is provided a pair of tongs for grasping items comprising a pair of gripping ends, having a silicone and/or plastic exterior surface, where a first of the pair of gripping ends further comprises a set of metal teeth projecting toward the second of the pair of gripping ends. Each of the first and second of the pair of gripping ends may comprises a body core at least partially covered by a (silicone) coating. In one embodiment, teeth are embedded within a plastic core. In another, the core comprises a metal frame from which the teeth project. The set of teeth may be spaced from a periphery of the gripping end. The second of the pair of gripping ends may also comprise metal teeth projecting toward the first of the pair of gripping ends. | 10-30-2014 |
| 20140375071 | TONGS SEPARABLE INTO TWO SERVING IMPLEMENTS OR THE LIKE - Two elongated serving implements such as a slotted spoon and un-slotted spoon can easily be connected together by respective inter-fitting portions including respective cam surfaces that securely hold the utensils together and in a resiliently spaced position, but may be separated easily. | 12-25-2014 |
| 20150137543 | Cricket Tongs - A tongs device for grasping an insect without injury comprising a pair of biased arms interconnected at their proximal ends and spaced apart at their distal ends and which arms are biased apart and including a plurality of clustered elastic and resilient bristles carried by each of the distal ends and disposed in opposing relationship to each other. | 05-21-2015 |
| 20150366387 | INTERCHANGEABLE KITCHEN UTENSIL - A plurality of discrete tong members that are configured to be easily and securely conjoined and releasably fastened to each other in order to provide an interchangeable pair of interlocked tongs. The tong members have proximal ends which include releasable fastening means and distal ends having a gripping surface. Each tong member has a slot and the tong members are configured to receive a slot of another tong member in order to position the tong members in a conjoined relationship with each other. The releasable fastening means fasten the distal ends of conjoined tong members to each other. The tong members have flexible, resilient portions such that when the pair of tong members are in an interlocked relationship, the slot portions form a fulcrum and the portions from the slot to the distal ends are configured to be urged towards each other and then return to its original position. | 12-24-2015 |
| 20190142192 | DISPOSABLE FINGER TONGS FOR HANDLING A FOOD PRODUCT | 05-16-2019 |
| 294100000 | Separate sliding operator | 1 |
| 20080315605 | Illuminable picker - An illuminable picker comprises a cylindrical member including cells provided therein, a control member disposed at the rear end of the cylindrical member and including a bolt for fitting a spring thereon, as the bolt is pressed to move, it may contact with the electrode output end of the cells, a sleeve mounted at the front end of the cylindrical member for confining the cells and including a spring fitted thereon and a string fixed at the front end thereof, the string including an expandable claw attached at the front end thereof, a tube secured at the front end of the sleeve for inserting the string and positioning the claw, a bulb affixed on the tube and including anode and cathode output wires, the anode output wire fixed on the tube, while the cathode output wire passing through the sleeve and contacting with the cathode output end of the cells, thereby simultaneously obtaining the picking and illumining purpose. | 12-25-2008 |
