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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8152213 | Multi-mode probe tweezer A tweezer that is especially useful for testing and repair of electronic circuits includes a pair of resilient blades (14, 16) with rear ends (22) fixed at a mount (24) to a pair of dielectric plastic mounting blocks (110, 112) that are c... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152212 | 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 cont... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8100450 | Food service tongs and mold therefor Food service tongs and a mold and method for making them, the tongs having first and second arms connected to a fulcrum end, and first and second grasping ends on the arms disposed in a mutually opposing and spaced-apart relationship and moveable in a common plane t... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8091936 | Gripping device A gripping device for retrieving goods from hard to reach or tight fitting spaces is provided. The gripping device comprises a first arm having a first end and a second end and a second arm having a first end and a second end with the first arm being pivotally attac... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8061749 | Food serving utensil A food serving utensil is provided for grasping food. The utensil includes two concave, bowl-shaped members oriented relative to each other to define a cavity. The bowl-shaped members are rotatably coupled at a hinge to allow opening and closing of the cavity using ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8042851 | 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 p... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8020909 | Pincers illuminating items grasped therein A pincer (e.g., a tweezer) has tips which are at least substantially transparent, such that a user can at least partially view an object being grasped through the tips, and/or such that the tips collect and channel incident light onto the grasped item. The tips pref... | 09/20/2011 |
| 7954870 | 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 li... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7938469 | 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 b... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7887112 | Food clip utensil A clip-like device applicable to foods which are generally eaten by hand while grasping an extension therefrom is presented. The food clip includes first and second arms and a hinge. The first and second arms are generally planar and elongated elements forming a han... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7862095 | Sandwiches 'n more toddler utensil Disclosed are methods and apparatus for empowering a toddler or person with a disability to eat whole foods, such as sandwiches, pizza, waffles, burritos, etc. more efficiently than without the aid of the apparatus, which apparatus has two body units, each having su... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7665786 | Folding tongs A foldable tongs unit of the type having two pivotally joined legs has a storage position in which the legs lie in flush abutting relation so that the total thickness of the tongs unit in its storage position is the thickness of the two legs. Three transversely spac... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7641248 | 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 ... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7625028 | 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 a... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7562922 | Wafer clamp having changeable supporting part A wafer clamp according to the present invention always firmly clamps a wafer. A supporting arm of the wafer clamp will be replaced with a different one according to the wafer size. Moreover, with a larger area of the supporting arm, a wear resistance and a smoothne... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7520548 | 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 ... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7513547 | 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... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7506908 | Gripping tool A gripping tool includes a pair of handles and a resilient element integrally formed with and connecting the pair of handles. An opening is defined on at least one of the pair of handles or the resilient element. The opening is adapted to receive an article to be gr... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7413228 | Hard flex tweezers An improved tweezers, particularly adapted for grasping small parts, has a first arm and a second flexible arm joined together at first ends to form a pair of tweezer jaws at second ends. A flexing of the flexible arm is accommodated as by incorporation of an arcuat... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7384086 | Device for removing or inserting a fuse with an improved holding and release mechanism A device for removing or inserting a fuse, in particular an automotive safety fuse from or into a fuse base in a fuse strip. The device has a first and a second elongate arm each of which has a distal end and a proximal end whereby an engaging section that may be br... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7341293 | Detachable chopstick A chopstick comprises an upper body having a penetrating receiving chamber; an upper inner side of the receiving chamber being formed with an annular groove; a lower end of the upper body having two through holes; a lower body having an insertion section at an upper... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339754 | Switching illuminating tweezers with magnifier An apparatus and method for improving local illumination by a personal care implement, such as tweezers, tongs, pinchers and the like. The apparatus includes a first arm terminating at one end in a first gripping edge; a second arm, coupled to and biased away from s... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7316434 | Spring-armed kitchen utensils and locking mechanism therefor A locking utensil is provided. The utensil has a pair of pivoting spring-loaded arms each having a forward functional end and a rear attachment end. The utensil includes a locking assembly, featuring an eccentrically shaped cam disposed in a channel between the arms... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7311344 | Lockable tongs Lockable tongs are provided having a pair of elongate tong members joined at a hinge point for pivotal movement between an open position and a closed position for grasping an item, each elongate member defining a U-shaped channel comprising a forward portion and a r... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7303220 | Connector coupling/decoupling tool A connector tool for holding a cable connector, such as a fiber optic or similar connector, for coupling and/or decoupling the connector into or from a connector port in an area having a high density of connector ports. The connector tool comprises a sleeve and a gr... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7287791 | Wing holder A wing holder is described that includes a pair of arms that are connected by a joint. The joint provides a flexible hinge for the movement of the arms between a first and second position for the seizing and engagement of appetizers, hors d'oeuvres, and other course... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284557 | Hair styling tool A hair styling tool for performing weaves without leaving a bulky and unkempt look and without damaging hair including a housing having a plurality of compartments formed therein. The hair styling tool includes a plurality of hair styling tools each having interior ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7269892 | Electric part handling device A tweezer-type hand-held device for installing and removing an electric part on and from a substrate. The device is provided with a pair of legs biased to close such that the part is held between the legs by the biasing force when the part is installed on the substr... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7261348 | Tongs with adjustable jaw spacing Adjustable tongs include a slidably movable adjustment plate with a plurality of spaced notches that act in cooperation with a tab at the proximal end of the tong arm to selectively limit the spacing between the tong jaws. The notches are longitudinally spaced along... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7258375 | Telescopic chopstick A telescopic chopstick including an upper section, a lower section and a press member. The upper section is a hollow rod formed with an upper opening and a lower opening. A locating section is formed on an inner side of the upper section. The lower section has an up... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7249793 | Cooking serving tongs The CST is ergonomically designed to facilitate in the cooking, handling, and serving of hot and cold food. It's created for simplifying the procedure of cooking and serving all in one element. The top part of the tongs has a rectangular curved-in spoon structure ( | 07/31/2007 |
| 7234745 | Chopsticks A pair of chopsticks includes two elongate bodies facing each other, and a connector pivotally connected with and between the two elongate bodies. The elongate bodies respectively have a hollow near an upper end. The connector has a plate spring, which has one end p... | 06/26/2007 |
| 7229111 | Tweezer, kit, method, and package The present disclosure relates to a tweezer comprised of a handle and a detachably engageable tweezer component that engages with the handle and is detachable from the handle, a kit containing the handle and the detachably engageable tweezer component, point-of-sale... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7219767 | Serving utensil on retractable tether A serving utensil, used for serving food on a salad bar, is attached to a retractable tether device. The retractable tether device is coupled to the under surface of a sneeze shield extending over the food on a salad bar, effectively elevating the retractable tether... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7216910 | Tongs The invention relates to a simple method for producing tongs (1) and to a tong (1) comprising two arms (2) consisting of wooden material that can be elastically bent in relation to one another, said arms (2) being rigidly inserted into a ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7211091 | Fingertip-actuated surgical clip applier and related methods A fingertip-actuated surgical clip applier includes a first body and a second body substantially structurally identical to the first body. The first body includes a main section and a first jaw extending in a distal direction from the main section. The main section ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7195215 | Suspension arm A suspension arm comprising a rising/descending device further consists of an inner sleeve; a retractable shaft and an elastic body inside, an outer sleeve connect to the inner sleeve, a clip ring on the top open of the outer sleeve. The outer sleeve can revolve on ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193694 | Method for grading gemstone cut and symmetry An apparatus and associated method for the direct and objective grading of the cut and symmetry of gemstones is provided. The apparatus comprises a laser, an integration sphere, and a gemstone holder, which together measure certain optical characteristics of the gem... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182378 | Assist tool for chopsticks There is provided an assist tool for chopsticks comprising: an adapter which couples upper and lower chopsticks such that distal end portions thereof can be opened and closed about rear end portions thereof serving as fulcrums; and a supporter which is fitted to a v... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178847 | Illuminated magnifying tweezers A single unit illuminated magnifying tweezers apparatus used to facilitate the gripping and handling of small objects comprising a housing, a magnifying lens, a light source and tweezers. The tweezers are pivotally mounted within the cavity of the housing such that ... | 02/20/2007 |
