Patent attributes
A reacher device retrievable from a dropped surface including a jaw assembly located at its distal end and a handle assembly located at its proximal end. The handle assembly includes a trigger communicating with the jaw assembly and configured to move the jaws of the jaw assembly from their spaced apart resting mode towards each other. A retrieval pivot member is attached to the handle and includes at least one fulcrum surface configured to contact the dropped surface. The fulcrum surface contacts the dropped surface on both sides of the handle assembly to stabilize the handle assembly against side-to-side movement, and is configured to pivot the distal end of the dropped reacher device upwardly to a position where it can be grasped by a user upon depression of the handle assembly toward the dropped surface.
