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A tongs for manually grasping items has two elongate tong arms pivotally joined together with a pair of magnet members. The arms pivot between an open position when the magnet members are joined together and a closed position when the magnet members are separated. A user can easily break the connect

A tongs for manually grasping items has two elongate tong arms pivotally joined together with a pair of magnet members. The arms pivot between an open position when the magnet members are joined together and a closed position when the magnet members are separated. A user can easily break the connection of the magnet members and separate the two arms, making it easier to store and clean the tongs.

대표청구항 ▼

I claim: 1. A tongs device comprising:a first arm having a first arm proximate portion provided with a groove defined between a pair of outwardly extending arcuate walls and a first magnetic member secured in a bottom of said groove;a second arm having a second arm proximate portion and a second mag

I claim: 1. A tongs device comprising:a first arm having a first arm proximate portion provided with a groove defined between a pair of outwardly extending arcuate walls and a first magnetic member secured in a bottom of said groove;a second arm having a second arm proximate portion and a second magnetic member secured on said second arm proximate portion, said second arm proximate portion being formed with a main part that is configured as a solid body sized and shaped to fit at least in part in said groove, wherein said second arm further comprising a contact surface, a non-contact surface, and arcuate transverse shoulders having curvature complimentary to the arcuate walls, said arcuate transverse shoulders extending outwardly from and along, opposite sides of the main part between the contact surface and the non-contact surface, said first arm being detachably pivotally secured to said second arm, and said first magnet member being selectively engageable with the second magnet member when the arms are in an open position.