Patent ID: 6070504
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: B25F

Abstract:
A tool comprising a pair of opposed jaw members, a first pivot swingably connecting said jaw members for movement relative to each other, each of said jaw members having a working end portion extending from said pivot in a first direction and a butt portion extending from said pivot in a second, generally opposite direction, two elongated handles each having a channel therein, said jaw members being movable relative to said handles between an open position in which said jaw member working end portions are exposed and a closed position in which said jaw members are substantially nested in said channels of said handles, two second pivots swingably connecting said two handles, respectively, to said jaw butt portions, each of said handles having a forward end portion extending from the second pivot of such handle generally toward the jaw to which such handle is connected when said jaw members are in the open position and a rear portion extending from such second pivot in a direction generally opposite the direction of extension of the corresponding forward portion, said forward end portions of said handles having cooperating cam surfaces engaged against each other as said jaw members are moved between the open and closed positions, and a resilient biasing member interconnecting said forward end portions of said handles and biasing said cooperating cam surfaces toward each other.