US Patent 11511395 Grasping tool

A grasping tool has a pair of elongate arms attached via a hinge element. The elongate arms provide gripping surfaces for grasping an item therebetween. A finger engagement element extends from each of the elongate arms, spaced a distance from the proximal end. Each elongate arm is generally disposed on a first axis, and each finger engagement element is disposed around a second axis, such that the second axis is approximately parallel to and located below the first axis, such that the first and second axes are spaced a distance such that the pair of elongate arms are positioned above the fingers of the user when the user's fingers are positioned through the finger engagement elements.