Sliding handle reacher

US8777287B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DMS Co., Ltd. · KR

Inventors

• Kristin Ludwig · Grayslake, US
• Joel Gray · Winthrop Harbor, US
• Olivier Franck Currat · Chicago, US
• James B. Wolford · Chicago, US
• Brian David Blankstein · Chicago, US
• Alexander N. Garfield · Chicago, US
• Andrea Ellen Fraga · Potomac, US
• Saad Ahmad Chaudry · Skokie, US
• Martin Rathgeber · Chicago, US
• Leo Chan · Kildeer, US
• Tara Marie Arnold · Buffalo Grove, US
• Alan Yefsky · Hawthorn Woods, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 2013
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2014
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B25G1/04
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A reaching apparatus is provided for allowing a user to utilize gross motor skills to actuate the reaching apparatus. The reaching apparatus includes a fixed and a sliding handle on a shaft. An internal pulley system is connected between the first and second handles such that sliding of the second handle activates the pulley system to move the claw of the reaching apparatus between an open and closed configuration. The claw may be locked in an open and/or closed configuration by rotation of the handle on the shaft. The pulley system can be set to specific resistance to activate the claw upon different gross motor levels.