Knife Accessory for Hot Stick

Abstract

A hot stick accessory with an attachment interface engageable with multiple types of attachment interfaces, including an shotgun-type attachment interface and a universal-type attachment interface. The accessory includes any of several operative components, such as a knife. The interface includes an attachment member with a first aperture and a plurality of second apertures arranged in an arc shape about the first aperture.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An attachment for a hot stick comprising:
 an operative component;   a handle rigidly coupled to the operative component; and   an attachment component rigidly coupled to the handle, the attachment component comprising:
 a hook receptacle configured to receive a shotgun-type hot stick attachment interface, the hook receptacle defined in part by an arc-shaped component extending from an end of the hook receptacle; 
 a plurality of teeth receptacles configured to receive a universal-type attachment interface, wherein: 
 the plurality of teeth receptacles is arranged in an arc around the hook receptacle; 
 side edges of each of the plurality of teeth receptacles are radially aligned with a center point; and 
 an interior edge of each of the plurality of teeth receptacles is between 9.85 mm and 10.25 mm from the center point. 
   
     
     
         2 . The attachment of  claim 1 , wherein the hook receptacle has a length between 11.6 mm and 12.0 mm along a first axis and between 12.0 mm and 12.4 mm along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. 
     
     
         3 . The attachment of  claim 2 , wherein the hook receptacle has a length of 11.8 mm along the first axis and 12.2 mm along the second axis. 
     
     
         4 . The attachment of  claim 1 , wherein an outer peripheral edge of the arc-shaped component is between 9.85 mm and 10.25 mm from the center point. 
     
     
         5 . The attachment of  claim 1 , wherein the side edges of a given teeth receptacle are 15 arc degrees apart with respect to the center point, and neighboring side edges of neighboring teeth receptacles are 15 arc degrees apart with respect to the center point. 
     
     
         6 . The attachment of  claim 1 , wherein an outer peripheral edge of the arc is 10.05 mm from the center point. 
     
     
         7 . The attachment of  claim 1 , wherein the interior edge of each of the plurality of teeth receptacles is 10.05 mm from the center point. 
     
     
         8 . The attachment of  claim 1 , wherein the operative component comprises a blade. 
     
     
         9 . An elongated tool comprising:
 an elongated structure;   an attachment member detachably engaged with a first end of the elongated structure, the attachment member comprising:
 a blade; 
 an attachment component rigidly coupled to the blade, the attachment component comprising:
 a hook receptacle defined in part by an arc-shaped component extending from an end of the hook receptacle; and 
 a plurality of teeth receptacles, wherein:
 the plurality of teeth receptacles are arranged in an arc around the hook receptacle; and 
 an interior edge of each of the plurality of teeth receptacles is between 9.85 mm and 10.25 mm from a center point located within the hook receptacle. 
 
 
   
     
     
         10 . The elongated tool of  claim 9 , wherein the hook receptacle has a length between 11.6 mm and 12.0 mm along a first axis and between 12.0 mm and 12.4 mm along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. 
     
     
         11 . The elongated tool of  claim 9 , wherein an outer peripheral edge of the arc-shaped component is between 9.85 mm and 10.25 mm from the center point located within the hook receptacle 
     
     
         12 . The elongated tool of  claim 9 , wherein neighboring side edges of neighboring teeth receptacles are 15 arc degrees apart with respect to the center point. 
     
     
         13 . The elongated tool of  claim 9 , wherein the plurality of teeth receptacles comprises five teeth receptacles. 
     
     
         14 . The elongated tool of  claim 9 , wherein the attachment member comprises a handle, and wherein the blade and the attachment component are rigidly coupled to opposing ends of the handle. 
     
     
         15 . A method of using a hot stick attachment comprising:
 engaging a first hot stick with a hot stick attachment, the first hot stick comprising a first attachment interface, the hot stick attachment comprising:
 an operative component; 
 an attachment component rigidly coupled to the operative component, the attachment component comprising: 
 a hook receptacle that receives the first attachment interface of the first hot stick, the hook receptacle is defined in part by an arc-shaped component extending from an end of the hook receptacle; 
 a plurality of teeth receptacles, wherein:
 the plurality of teeth receptacles are arranged in an arc around the hook receptacle; 
 side edges of each of the plurality of teeth receptacles are aligned with a center point and the side edges of a given teeth receptacle are 15 arc degrees apart with respect to the center point; and 
 an interior edge of each of the plurality of teeth receptacles is 10.05 mm from the center point; 
 
   disengaging the hot stick attachment from the first hot stick; and   engaging the hot stick attachment with a second hot stick comprising a second attachment interface that engages with the plurality of teeth receptacle.   
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the first attachment interface of the first hot stick is a shotgun-type interface and the second attachment interface is a universal-type attachment interface. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 15 , the method further comprising:
 disengaging the hot stick attachment from the second hot stick;   engaging the hot stick attachment with a third hot stick comprising a third attachment interface that engages with the plurality of teeth receptacles, the second attachment interface of the second hot stick is a universal-type interface and the third attachment interface of the third hot stick is a universal-type attachment interface   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the plurality of teeth receptacles comprise five teeth receptacles. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the hook receptacle has a length between 11.6 mm and 12.0 mm along a first axis and between 12.0 mm and 12.4 mm along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein an outer peripheral edge of the arc-shaped component is 10.05 mm from a center point located within the hook receptacle