Patent ID: 6505391
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a device for holding an object by clamping the object while preventing damage thereto, said method comprising the steps of:providing a cylindrical support part, providing two arms, each arm including a transverse hole and at least one of these arms carrying an elastic buffer secured thereto, said buffer having a contact face for contacting said object and having under its contact face a thickness large enough so that said buffer acts as a compression spring when said buffer contacts said object, and being resilient enough such that said contact face can flex and pivot to substantially conform to the surface of said object, and placing said arms on said support part such that said support part is disposed in said transverse holes of said two arms and at least one arm is movable along said support part, and said buffer is disposed at a distance from said support part with its contact face approximately at a right angle to said support part, and wherein said object may be held by said device by positioning said object between said arms and in contact with said elastic buffer, and manually exerting pressure on the back of said at least one movable arm, then stopping exerting pressure, which causes said at least one movable arm to tilt with respect to said support part such that a frictional force is created between said support part and an interior surface of the transverse hole of said at least one movable arm.