Patent ID: 6978704
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. Locking pliers including a stationary front jaw, a stationary handle extending rearwardly from the stationary front jaw, a movable front jaw disposed below and aligned with the stationary front jaw and pivoted to the stationary handle, a movable handle pivoted to and extending rearwardly from the movable front jaw, an adjusting screw rod engaging threadedly a rear end of the stationary handle and having a rear end portion that extends outwardly from the rear end of the stationary handle, a locking lever pivoted to the movable handle and extending rearwardly and upwardly therefrom toward the rear end of the stationary handle to abut against a front end of the adjusting screw rod, and a biasing member interconnecting the movable front jaw and the stationary handle, the movable front jaw being moved toward the stationary front jaw to clamp an object therebetween when the movable handle and the stationary handle are forcefully brought together by an external force applied thereto, the movable front jaw and the stationary front jaw remaining locked until the movable handle and the stationary handle are forcefully separated, the locking pliers being characterized by: a releasing lever pivoted to and extending rearwardly and upwardly from the movable handle toward the rear end portion of the adjusting screw rod, the releasing lever having a front end that is pivoted to the movable handle, a protrusion that is disposed adjacent to the front end and that abuts against the locking lever, and a rear end portion that is opposite to the front end and that is disposed below and aligned with the rear end portion of the adjusting screw rod, the rear end portion of the releasing lever having a flex wall body that defines a trough which is aligned with and which opens toward the rear end portion of the adjusting screw rod, the flex wall body having a substantially flat central portion defining a bottom side of the trough, and two opposite curved side portions flaring curvedly and upwardly from the flat central portion to define two opposite sides of the trough, the flat central portion having a width in a transverse direction relative to the length of the releasing lever, the width being larger than the diameter of the rear end portion of the adjusting screw rod.