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Handheld extendable pole with a rotatable tip designed to fit smoke detector buttons

US9422143B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 10, 2014
Grant dateAug 23, 2016
Priority date—
Expiry dateDec 10, 2034

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB25G1/04
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Some embodiments of the present disclosure include a collapsible system for depressing a button on a device, such as a smoke detector, that is out of reach. The system may include a generally cylindrically-shaped handle having an inner portion and a proximal end and a distal end, a plurality of extendable segments configured to telescope outwardly from the inner portion of the handle through the distal end of the handle, the plurality of extendable segments including a distal-most segment, and a tip rotatably attached to the distal-most segment of the plurality of extendable segments. The tip may have a concave portion configured to accommodate at least a portion of the device button when in contact with the device button.

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