ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,661,776, issued on June 23.
"Telescopic grabber device" was invented by Dani E. Gannon (Newark, Del.) and Joshua Zapata (Garfield, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A collapsible grabber device, comprises a telescoping pole; a jaw assembly at the distal end of the pole comprising two jaws movably coupled by a pivot for releasably gripping an object in a closed position, a handle at the proximal end configured to house the telescoping pole and the jaw assembly in the collapsed state; a lever on handle for controlling the jaw assembly; a spring within the jaw assembly for biasing the jaws in either an open position or a closed position; ...