Patent Application
20170239789
The disclosure relates to removal devices and more particularly pertains to a new removal device for removing a light bulb from a socket.
An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a handle. The handle may be manipulated thereby facilitating the handle to be directed toward a light bulb. A neck is coupled to the handle. The neck is comprised of a bendable material. Thus, the neck is positionable at a selected angle with respect to the handle. A cup is coupled to the neck and the cup frictionally engages the light bulb when the handle is directed toward the light bulb. The cup rotates when the handle is manipulated. Thus, the cup removes the light bulb from a socket.
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 first rod 24 is provided that has an upper end 26 and a lower end 28. The first rod 24 is movably positioned within the first sleeve 16. Thus, the first rod 24 may be rotated within the first sleeve 16. The first rod 24 extends outwardly from the second end 20 of the first sleeve 16.
A plurality of rings 30 is provided and each of the rings 30 is positioned around the first rod 24. The rings 30 are spaced apart from each other and are distributed along the first rod 24. Each of the rings 30 frictionally engages the inner surface 22 of the first sleeve 16 such that the first rod 24 is centrally positioned within the first sleeve 16. A knob 32 is coupled to the lower end 28 of the first rod 24 and the knob 32 may be manipulated. The knob 32 rotates the first rod 24 within the first sleeve 16 when the knob 32 is manipulated.
A neck 34 is provided. The neck 34 is coupled to and extends upwardly from the handle 12. The neck 34 is comprised of a bendable material. Thus, the neck 34 is positionable at a selected angle with respect to the handle 12. The neck 34 facilitates the light bulb 14 to be removed from a wall or the like.
The neck 34 comprises a second rod 36 that has a top end 38 and a bottom end 40. The bottom end 40 has a well 42 extending upwardly toward the top end 38. The second rod 36 is substantially comprised of a resiliently flexible material. The well 42 insertably receives the upper end 26 of the first rod 24 such that the second rod 36 extends outwardly from the first end 18 of the first sleeve 16. The second rod 36 may comprise a bendable, coiled wire or the like.
A second sleeve 44 is provided that has a primary end 46 and a secondary end 48. The primary end 46 is directed into the first end 18 of the first sleeve 16. Thus, the second rod 36 extends outwardly from the secondary end 48. The second sleeve 44 is comprised of a resiliently flexible material. The second sleeve 44 may comprise a coiled gooseneck sleeve or the like. The top end 38 of the second rod 36 is positionable at a selected angle with respect to the second end 20 of the first sleeve 16. The top end 38 of the second rod 36 is retained at the selected angle.
A cup 50 is coupled to the neck 34 and the cup 50 may frictionally engage the light bulb 14 when the handle 12 is directed toward the light bulb 14. The cup 50 rotates when the handle 12 is manipulated. Thus, the cup 50 may remove the light bulb 14 from a socket 52. The cup 50 has a bottom wall 54 and an outer wall 56 extending upwardly from the bottom wall 54. The outer wall 56 has a distal end 58 with respect to the bottom wall 54. The distal end 58 forms an opening 60 into the cup 50. The cup 50 is comprised of a resiliently compressible material such as rubber or the like.
A receiver 62 extends downwardly from the bottom wall 54 of the cup 50. The receiver 62 has a distal end 64 with respect to the bottom wall 54. The distal end 64 of the receiver 62 is open. The receiver 62 insertably receives the top end 38 of the second rod 36 such that the cup 50 rotates when the knob 32 is rotated. A plurality of wires 66 is provided and each of the wires 66 is positioned within the outer wall 56 of the cup 50. The wires 66 are spaced apart from each other and distributed around the cup 50. Thus, the wires 66 urge the cup 50 to frictionally engage the light bulb 14.
A first screw 68 is provided. The first screw 68 extends through the receiver 62 and engages the second rod 36. Thus, the cup 50 is removably retained on the second rod 36. A second screw 70 is provided. The second screw 70 extends through the first sleeve 16 and engages the second sleeve 44. Thus, the second sleeve 44 is removably coupled to the first sleeve 16. The second screw 70 may be positioned proximate the first end of the first sleeve 16.
In use, the cup 50 is manipulated to position the cup 50 at a selected angle with respect to the first sleeve 16. The handle 12 is manipulated such that the cup 50 frictionally engages the light bulb 14. The knob 32 is manipulated to rotate the cup 50. Thus, the cup 50 threadably removes the light bulb 14 from the socket 52. The cup 50 captures fragments of the light blub 14 if the light bulb 14 shatters while the light bulb 14 is being removed.
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.
