Patent ID: 7415912
Filing Date: 2008-08-26
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A locking clamp device, comprising a handle assembly, having a first handle portion and a second handle portion, said handle portions suitably adapted to be held and manipulated by a human hand; a clamping assembly attached to and actuated by the handle assembly to an opened position or a closed position, said clamping assembly having a locking means integrated with the handle assembly and the clamping assembly, said locking means suitably adapted to hold the clamping ends of the respective jaw portions in the closed position; whereby the closed position of the clamping assembly comprises a relative orientation of the clamping end of the first jaw portion with the clamping end of the second jaw portion in which said clamping ends are sufficiently engaged with a work piece to hold the work piece securely within the locking clamp device or to hold the locking clamp device securely to the work piece, and the opened position of the clamping assembly comprises a relative orientation of the clamping end of the first jaw portion with the clamping end of the second jaw portion in which said clamping ends are sufficiently disengaged from a work piece to permit removal of the work piece from the locking clamp device or to permit removal of the locking clamp device from the work piece.