Patent ID: 7648131
Filing Date: 2010-01-19
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A horizontal hold down clamp, said clamp including: a base; a handle pivotally connected to said base at a fixed point; a link pivotally connected to said handle at an end of said handle; a bar member pivotally connected to said base at a fixed point and pivotally connected to said link, said fixed pivot point of said bar member is arranged at a low point on both said bar member and said base to provide for increased vertical exerting forces while limiting horizontal movement of a part being clamped; and said base having a slot therein, said slot having a toggle contact pad at a top end thereof, said pivotal connection between said link and said handle is slidingly arranged within said slot, said pivotal connection between said bar member and said link is slidingly arranged within said slot and said slot is positioned between said fixed points such that a line drawn from fixed point to fixed point along said base passes through said slot.