US 12,220,087 B2
Lid handling device
Serge Bourgeois, Lakeville-Westmorland (CA)
Filed by Serge Bourgeois, Lakeville-Westmorland (CA)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/370,056.
Claims priority of application No. 3087755 (CA), filed on Jul. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0022698 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A47J 45/10 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01); A47J 37/07 (2006.01); A47J 43/28 (2006.01); B25G 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC A47J 45/10 (2013.01) [A46B 15/0055 (2013.01); A47J 37/0786 (2013.01); A47J 43/288 (2013.01); A46B 2200/3073 (2013.01); B25G 1/102 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A lid handling device for assisting handling of a lid comprising:
an elongated body having a substantial length between a first end portion and a second end portion thereof, the second end portion for holding the elongated body; and,
a first handle interacting element fixedly and directly protruding from a first side of the elongated body at a first location of the first end portion and a second handle interacting element fixedly and directly protruding from the first side of the elongated body at a second location of the first end portion with the first location and the second location being spaced along a longitudinal axis of the elongated body such that the first handle interacting element and the second handle interacting element are in respective fixed positions spaced apart a predetermined distance along the longitudinal axis of the elongated body for forming a single void therebetween and such that a handle of the lid is enabled to pass between the first handle interacting element and the second handle interacting element;
wherein each of the first handle interacting element and the second handle interacting element is shaped forming a hook such that the hooks are facing each other and define a maximum space for said single void, wherein the hooks comprise tips facing each other that are spaced apart defining a minimum space for said single void that is smaller than said maximum space such that the handle is enabled to pass therebetween in a direction oriented substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis
wherein the tip at the first location of the first end portion has a dimension extending along said longitudinal axis that is smaller than a dimension along the longitudinal extension of the tip at the second location of the first end portion, wherein the tip at the second location of the first end portion is closer to the second end portion; and
a tool structure extending from the first end portion of the elongated body.