Patent ID: 9302380
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: B25B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An apparatus, comprising: a slide lock jaw including a first half jaw and a second half jaw, each of the first half jaw and the second half jaw having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end and having a first wall and a second wall each extending between the first end and the second end; wherein the slide lockjaw has a first, closed position whereby the first wall of the first half jaw faces and is in contact with the first wall of the second half jaw, and the second wall of the first half jaw faces and is in contact with the second wall of the second half jaw; wherein the slide lockjaw has a second, open position whereby the first wall of the first half jaw faces and is spaced further apart from the first wall of the second half jaw at the second end than the first end, and the second wall of the first half jaw faces and is spaced further apart from the first wall of the second half jaw at the second end than the first end; wherein at least one of: the first half jaw includes a pivot extending from at least one of the first wall or the second wall near the first end of the first half jaw for engagement with a notch within the corresponding at least one of the first wall or the second wall of the second half jaw; or the second half jaw includes a pivot extending from at least one of the first wall or the second wall near the first end of the second half jaw for engagement with a notch within the corresponding at least one of the first wall or the second wall of the first half jaw; wherein an interior surface of each of the first half jaw and the second half jaw is at least partially conical in shape such that an opening extends completely through the first end and the second end both when the slide lock jaw is in the first, closed position and when the slide lock jaw is in the second, open position.