US 12,343,849 B2
Utility probe with resilient fingers
Eugene H. Wood, Hickory, NC (US); and Thomas Beane, Hudson, NC (US)
Assigned to UTILITY SOLUTIONS, INC., Hickory, NC (US)
Filed by Utility Solutions, Inc., Hickory, NC (US)
Filed on Apr. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/305,562.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/333,687, filed on Apr. 22, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0339085 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B25B 27/14 (2006.01); B25G 1/04 (2006.01); H01H 69/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 27/14 (2013.01) [B25G 1/04 (2013.01); H01H 69/02 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical utility probe configured to engage an electrical component having an eye, comprising:
a body having an upper portion with first and second opposing ends and a lower portion extending from the upper portion;
a removable shaft extending outwardly from the first end, parallel to an axis extending through the first and second opposing ends;
wherein the lower portion of the body extends from the upper portion of the body in a direction perpendicular to the axis; and
an array of resilient fingers extending from the shaft.