Patent ID: 8413555
Filing Date: 2013-04-09
Classification: A62C,B23D,B25B,B25F,F16G

Abstract:
1. In combination: (a) a fencing tool comprising: a first handle and a second handle, and first and second respective distally disposed jaws, and means for pivotably connecting the handles and respective jaws, so that the tool is disposed in an opened disposition and a closed disposition, said first handle comprises a first surface and a second surface and being formed with a wedge extending from the second surface upwardly to the first surface terminating at a wedge edge, and having a through slot extending from the first surface to the second surface; and (b) a fence wire strainer comprising a plurality of teeth, and means for ratchetedly rotatably mounting the teeth, so that the teeth are rotated from a first position to second position to strain the fence wire, with the strainer operably disposed with the fence wire; and wherein the through slot engages at least one of the plurality of strainer teeth with the wedge first surface downwardly and facingly disposed to the fence wire strainer, and with the handles gripped in the closed disposition to provide a first operable position; whereby with the handles gripped in the closed first operable position and the wedge edge distally disposed, the tool is moved in the proximate direction, and the teeth are rotated from the first position to the second position and strain the fence wire.