Lineman{3 s tool-holding fixture

Claim 1

A lineman''s fixture for holding a tool in operative engagement for carrying out operations on an electrically conducting wire or cable spanning between power line poles, said fixture being affixed to the end of an elongated handle and comprising: a body secured to an end of said handle and having a cylindrical cavity beyond the end thereof, a connector member disposed within said cavity and threadedly connected to said body to move both longitudinally and rotationally, said member being provided with a laterally directed handle that extends through an opening in said body and which, when moved in a plane transverse to length of the handle, effects the mentioned movement of the connector member, said connector member and the outer end of the body being formed to provided a substantially hemispherical seat, and a head member provided at one end with a ball that is fitted in said seat, is adjustably rotational therein when the connector member is moved rotationally to separate the head and body portions of the hemi-spherical cavity, thereby permitting universal adjustability of the head member in relation to the body, and is clamped against such universal movement when the connector member is moved to cause the same to move in the opposite direction and thereby effect clamping of said ball in fixed adjusted position relative to the mentioned body, said head member having an arm portion extending from said ball, with a tool-connecting end that has fixed-incremental adjustable engagement with a wire- or cable-engaging tool.