Patent Application
20220088766
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The disclosure relates to contact prevention tool devices and more particularly pertains to a new contact prevention tool device for allowing manipulation of various object types without direct contact.
The prior art relates to contact prevention tool devices. Existing devices typically include only one usable contact point, be it a hook, a stylus, a poker, or a grabber. These devices fail to incorporate a variety of different ways of interacting with devices, requiring users to either carry multiple devices or to engage in direct contact with objects at the risk of their hygiene. Known devices also lack storage compartments to hold other objects and sanitary tools.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a handle having a handle proximal end and a handle distal end. A housing is coupled to the handle. The housing has a housing proximal side coupled to the handle distal end. The housing defines a main storage compartment and has a main storage aperture extending through a housing left side to the main storage compartment. A main door is coupled to the housing. The main door is slidably engaged with the housing to selectively cover or expose the main storage compartment. An arm is coupled to the housing. The arm is coupled to a housing distal side of the housing. A spherical touch head is coupled to the arm. The touch head is coupled to an arm distal end of the arm. A hook is coupled to the arm. The hook is coupled adjacent the touch head.
There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure.
The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein:
With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to
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A housing 42 is coupled to the handle 12. The housing 42 has a housing proximal side 44 coupled to the handle distal end 16. The housing 42 may be rectangular prismatic and defines a main storage compartment 46. The housing 42 has a main storage aperture 48 extending through a housing left side 50 to the main storage compartment 46. A main door 51 is coupled to the housing 42. The main door 51 is slidably engaged with the housing 42 to selectively cover or expose the main storage compartment 46. The main door 51 may have a main door lip 52. A mirror 54 may be coupled to a housing top side 56 of the housing.
An arm 58 is coupled to the housing 42. The arm 58 may be telescopable and comprises a fixed arm portion 60 coupled to a housing distal side 62 of the housing, a medial arm portion 64 slidingly coupled within the fixed arm portion 60, and a distal arm portion 66 slidingly coupled within the medial arm portion 64. Each of the fixed arm portion 60 and the medial arm portion 64 may have a ball spring 68 to allow the arm 58 to telescope when depressed. Each of the fixed arm portion 60, the medial arm portion 64, and the distal arm portion 66 may be square tubing.
A spherical touch head 70 is coupled to the arm 58. The touch head 70 is coupled to an arm distal end 72 of the arm to use as a poker, such as when depressing a button of an elevator. A hook 74 is coupled to the arm 58. The hook 74 is coupled adjacent the touch head 70. The hook 74 may have a perpendicular tip portion 76 oriented parallel to the arm 58. The tip portion 76 may be obround to prevent snagging on material. The hook 74 may be used to grab objects such as a door handle. Each of the touch head 70 and the hook 74 may be coated in a rubberized, anti-bacterial material for improved grip and sanitary effect.
A clip 78 may be coupled to the housing 42. The clip 78 is coupled to a housing right side 80 of the housing and includes a semi-cylindrical body portion 82 and a spring-hinged gate portion 84. The clip 78 is configured to secure the apparatus 10 to a belt, a bag strap, or any other object.
In use, the user may select the tweezer 32, the stylus 36, the touch head 70, or the hook 74 to perform a task without having to make direct contact with an object in order to prevent the spread of bacteria, viruses, and germs.
With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure.
Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.
