Inventor, David A. Thibodeaux
Co-inventor, Benjamin D. Thibodeaux
Testament: How My Invention Evolved
"I had a triple hernia in September 2011. It was very uncomfortable for me to bend down and pick up things off of the ground or floor. During that time, I had a big oak tree that had died. I cut it down; it had been dead for a while and it was very dried out. When it hit the ground, the top branches broke into hundreds of pieces. Therefore, I decided to make a grabber to pick up the broken branches. The first grabber prototype worked very well on the smaller branches, but it would not pick up heavy logs. So, I modified it to pick up split firewood logs for my fireplace. I was very pleased at how easy the new grabber picked up logs. It made my work so much easier because I never had to bend down to pick up limbs and logs after that.
During the spring. I had to trim my hedges and sago palms. Once I had the trimmings in a pile, I used my grabber to pick up the piles. I was happy I had found another use for my grabber. It saved my back from strain and prevented me from herniating myself even more. At this point, I began to use my grabber for everything I pick up.
My son and I have taken on three construction projects around my home and our lake home. We use my grabbers to pick up all the cut boards and debris. I have four different grabbers with three different gripper teeth. One has metal teeth that I pick up all the wood products. One has rubber grippers that will pick up every kind of material: big rock, brick, hedge clippings, metal, logs, and boards. This particular grabber will even pick up a dime laying on the floor. One has pronged forks for picking up hedge clippings and brush piles. One has dual rakes for picking up leaves and light brush piles.
After establishing the idea of a heavy-weight grabber, I decided that multiple attachments would be helpful for picking up many items around the home and in the yard. Using the swappable attachments, I can pick up debris from construction projects, leaf piles, trash, firewood logs, and bricks."
Co-inventor, Benjamin D. Thibodeaux
Testament: How My Invention Evolved
"I had a triple hernia in September 2011. It was very uncomfortable for me to bend down and pick up things off of the ground or floor. During that time, I had a big oak tree that had died. I cut it down; it had been dead for a while and it was very dried out. When it hit the ground, the top branches broke into hundreds of pieces. Therefore, I decided to make a grabber to pick up the broken branches. The first grabber prototype worked very well on the smaller branches, but it would not pick up heavy logs. So, I modified it to pick up split firewood logs for my fireplace. I was very pleased at how easy the new grabber picked up logs. It made my work so much easier because I never had to bend down to pick up limbs and logs after that.
During the spring. I had to trim my hedges and sago palms. Once I had the trimmings in a pile, I used my grabber to pick up the piles. I was happy I had found another use for my grabber. It saved my back from strain and prevented me from herniating myself even more. At this point, I began to use my grabber for everything I pick up.
My son and I have taken on three construction projects around my home and our lake home. We use my grabbers to pick up all the cut boards and debris. I have four different grabbers with three different gripper teeth. One has metal teeth that I pick up all the wood products. One has rubber grippers that will pick up every kind of material: big rock, brick, hedge clippings, metal, logs, and boards. This particular grabber will even pick up a dime laying on the floor. One has pronged forks for picking up hedge clippings and brush piles. One has dual rakes for picking up leaves and light brush piles.
After establishing the idea of a heavy-weight grabber, I decided that multiple attachments would be helpful for picking up many items around the home and in the yard. Using the swappable attachments, I can pick up debris from construction projects, leaf piles, trash, firewood logs, and bricks."