Patent ID: 6089631
Filing Date: 2000-07-18
Classification: A47G,A47J

Abstract:
Locking tongs for gripping items comprising:a pair of arms having inner ends mounted for pivotal movement about a pivot pin and having opposed outer ends arranged for gripping an item therebetween;each of said arms having a body and a pair of inturned flanges adjacent the inner end of each body, the inturned flanges of one arm being received therebetween the inturned flanges of the other arm with said pivot pin extending through said inturned flanges of both arms to mount said arms for pivotal movement; anda generally channel-shaped locking member including a base and opposed flanges extending from said base;said locking member having a manual actuating tab adjacent an end thereof for gripping by a user to move said locking member between a locked closed position of said tongs and an unlocked open position of said tongs; said channel-shaped locking member being received between said inturned flanges of one of said tongs and fitting closely against said inturned flanges for being guided between locked and unlocked positions of said tongs.