US 12,237,653 B1
Live line handling device
Blake A. Ronnebaum, Baileyville, KS (US); and Kathleen M. O'Brien, Seneca, KS (US)
Assigned to THE NEMAHA-MARSHALL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE ASSOCIATION, INC., Axtell, KS (US)
Filed by The Nemaha-Marshall Electric Cooperative Association, Inc., Axtell, KS (US)
Filed on Sep. 2, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/465,582.
Int. Cl. H02G 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H02G 1/02 (2013.01) 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device comprising:
a housing having a proximal end and a distal end, said proximal end operable to couple with a rod, and said distal end having first and second intersecting channels, wherein the first channel provides access to an interior portion of the housing;
a hook retractably and rotatably coupled to the housing such that the hook is operable to rotate in a circumferential direction between a first channel orientation and a second channel orientation; and
a shuttle coupled to the hook, said shuttle having a longitudinal guide operable to guide movement of the shuttle into the interior portion of the housing, and a circumferential guide operable to guide rotation of the shuttle relative to a vertical plane of the housing such that the hook is operable to rotate with the shuttle between the first channel orientation and the second channel orientation, and wherein said shuttle is operable to switch between the circumferential guide for rotation and the longitudinal guide for retraction or extension, wherein:
the hook is not retractable into the interior portion of the housing when the hook is aligned with the first channel, and
the hook is at least partially retractable into the interior portion of the housing when the hook is aligned with the second channel.