Patent ID: 7588487
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: A22B

Abstract:
1. A selectively locking plier-type tool having a first jaw with a main handle and a first plate having a first set of coextensive rectangular-shaped teeth and a first set of coextensive cavities beside the first set of teeth, a second jaw with a clamping handle and with a second plate having a second set of coextensive rectangular-shaped teeth and a second set of coextensive cavities beside the second set of teeth, the first jaw and the second jaw pivotally attached to one another and articulatable by the main handle and the clamping handle between a spaced apart condition and a clamped position wherein the first set of teeth and the second set of teeth intermesh with one another with at least some of the first teeth being received with a respective one of the second cavities and at least some of the second teeth being received within a respective one of the first cavities and such that a generally triangular shaped pulling handle extends downwardly from the main handle, the pulling handle having a first leg and a second leg each attached to the main handle and each extending diagonally downwardly from the main handle in opposed direction from each other such that a third leg joins distal ends of the first leg and the second leg, the third leg being in generally normal orientation to a longitudinal axis of the main handle and the pulling handle being on a plane that is generally parallel with a plane of the main handle and the third leg being dimensioned so as to be able to be grasped by substantially the entire hand of a human.