Patent ID: 7258333
Filing Date: 2007-08-21
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A quick acting bar clamp comprising a first jaw, a second jaw for opposing the first jaw, a slide bar, said second jaw being positioned along the slide bar, the slide bar being movable to bring the second jaw toward and away from the first jaw; a support means for supporting the slide bar, the first jaw being connected to the support means, including the one way drive means for releaseably engaging and, when engaged, for advancing the slide bar and the second jaw, the second jaw being subject to advancement toward the first jaw when the one way drive means is actuated; the one way drive means having a driving lever, and a braking lever normally engaging the slide bar, the braking lever when engaging the slide bar preventing motion of the second jaw away from the first jaw, and when disengaging the slide bar allowing advancement of the second jaw away from the first jaw, the braking lever having an auxiliary release lever extending outward from the first jaw; support means including a hand grip, a trigger type relationship existing between the finger lever and the hand grip, the bar clamp being holdable at said hand grip, the release lever and the finger lever being selectively operable by the same hand in such a manner that one of the index and middle fingers is positioned on engaging portion of the release lever to release the braking lever while the other fingers encircle and contain the finger lever and the handgrip; wherein said finger lever pivots about a circular part.