Hand Held Firewood Handling Device

摘要

A hand-held firewood handling device (100) for grasping, lifting, and placing pieces of wood in and around a bonfire. The device is made of a rod (20) inserted into a tube (10), the rod formed with a handle (28) at one end and with a rotating prong (26) on the other end. The tube features a pair of spaced-apart stationary prongs (12) welded to its distal end, the stationary prongs positioned on the tube so that when the rod is rotated inside the tube, the rotating prong (26) is offset in the space between the stationary prongs (12). In use, the handle is rotated to move the rotating prong away from the stationary prongs and positioned over a log. Rotating the handle in an opposite direction until the prongs are securely around the log, the log is repositioned as desired and released by rotating the handle to open the prongs.

主权项

1. A firewood handling device (100), comprising:
a rod (20) having a handle end (22) and a prong end (24) defining a rod length; a handle (28) formed at the handle end of the rod (22), and a rotatable prong(26) formed at the prong end of the rod (24); a tube (10) having a proximal end (14) and a distal end (16) defining a tube length (34); and at least a pair of stationary prongs (2) in spaced apart relation affixed to the distal end (16) of the tube(10); wherein the rod (20)is rotatably positioned inside the tube length (34), wherein the rotatable prong (26) and the pair of stationary prongs (12) are each formed with at least one 90 degree bend, and wherein the rotatable prong (26) is located between the pair of stationary prongs (12), and wherein an open position (52) of the handling device (100) is achieved by rotating the rod (20) in a first direction, and a closed position (50) of the handling device (100) is achieved by rotating the rod (20) in an opposite direction.