Patent ID: 8177203
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A clamp comprising: a bar; a jaw assembly configured to receive the bar to therethrough and to be slidably positionable along the bar, the jaw assembly comprising a lever that forms an aperture through which the bar passes, the lever being movable between an engaged position and a disengaged position within the jaw assembly, wherein if the lever is at the disengaged position within the jaw assembly the lever is slidable along the bar and if the lever is at the engaged position within the jaw assembly the lever engages the bar to hold the lever at a fixed position along the bar, and wherein the lever includes one or more inner edge surfaces that form the aperture and one or more distal edge surfaces that form an outer edge of the lever, and wherein the lever is shaped such that if the lever is at the engaged position within the jaw assembly, one or more of the inner edge surfaces of the lever engage a first side of the bar and one or more of the distal edge surfaces of the lever engage a side of the bar opposed to the first side.