US 11,719,604 B2
Forceps with replaceable tips
Joshua Greenlee, Laveen, AZ (US); Erico von Bueren, Lomita, CA (US); and Robert Jeffrey Sheppard, Lomita, CA (US)
Assigned to SAKURA FINETEK U.S.A., INC., Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by SAKURA FINETEK U.S.A., INC., Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 6, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/368,765.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/052,667, filed on Jul. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0018735 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G01N 1/00 (2006.01); G01N 1/08 (2006.01); B25B 9/02 (2006.01); G01N 1/28 (2006.01)
CPC G01N 1/08 (2013.01) [B25B 9/02 (2013.01); G01N 1/286 (2013.01); G01N 2001/085 (2013.01)] 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. Handheld forceps comprising:
a body comprising trunk and a first arm and a second arm extending from a base of the trunk coupled at one end and separated from one another at a second end;
a rod disposed in the body, the rod comprising a first end positioned in the first arm and a second end positioned in the second arm and forming an apex in the trunk;
a compression spring disposed around the apex of the rod in the trunk; and
a button coupled to the apex of the rod and protruding through an opening in the trunk.