Patent ID: 6311589
Filing Date: 2001-11-06
Classification: B25B,Y10S

Abstract:
A hand tool, comprising:a pair of elongate jaws pivotally coupled together at a pivot joint, said elongate jaws each having a longitudinal axis;each of said jaws having a jaw plate coupled thereto;a generally V-shaped clamping plate being coupled to a first of said jaw plates mounted on a first of said jaws, wherein said clamping plate has a pair of side plate portions converging together to form a vertex spine therebetween, said clamping plate being coupled to said first jaw plate at said vertex spine of said clamping plate, said vertex spine extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said first jaw;an elongate bar being coupled to a second of said jaw plates mounted on a second of said jaws, said elongate bar having a longitudinal axis extending substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of said second jaw; andwherein a distance between said elongate bar and said pivot joint is greater than a distance between said vertex spine and said pivot joint such that said bar is outwardly offset from said vertex spine.