Patent ID: 9724747
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B21F,B25F,H01R

Claim:
1. A wire shaping system for a hand tool defining a hand tool axis extending lengthwise and including a hand-gripping handle extending in a direction along the hand tool axis, the wire shaping system being proximate said handle, the wire shaping system operable for bending a wire during a use, said system comprising: said wire shaping system including at least one bending profile on an outer portion thereof for user access; said at least one bending profile including a channel configured to engage a distal end of a wire for bending, said channel including: said at least one bending profile having an abutment operable for engagement of said wire along one of a plane transverse to said hand tool axis and a plane parallel to said hand tool axis, wherein upon a rotation of said bending profile relative to said hand tool axis when a wire including a first leg portion and a second leg portion is engaged with said bending profile, a bend is formed in said wire about said abutment, the bend being between said first leg portion and a second leg portion of said wire; and a stop means including a side wall spaced from said abutment for engaging said second leg portion of said wire after a predetermined amount of rotation of said bending profile relative to said hand tool axis.