Patent ID: 9327387
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: B25B

Claim Text:
1. A tool for selectively gripping a workpiece, the tool comprising: a handle including a sleeve at one end and an opposite distal end, the sleeve defining a receiving region; a fixed jaw adjoined to at least one of the sleeve and the handle; a movable jaw defining a shank, the movable jaw movably disposed in the receiving region defined in the sleeve, the movable jaw defining a threaded region along at least a portion of the shank, the movable jaw positioned relative to the fixed jaw so as to define a workpiece engaging region between the fixed jaw and movable jaw accessible from a front of the tool and rearwardly bounded by the movable jaw; a rotatable threaded member retained to at least one of the handle and the sleeve, the threaded member threadedly engaged with the threaded region of the movable jaw such that rotation of the threaded member results in linear displacement of the movable jaw relative to the fixed jaw; and at least one lateral support member extending outward from the handle and extending at an angle within a range of 0° to 20° toward a rear of the tool, the rear of the tool being oppositely directed from the workpiece engaging region, wherein the at least one lateral support member includes a first lateral support member extending outward from a first side of the handle and a second lateral support member extending outward from a second side of the handle, the second side being oppositely directed from the first side.