Patent ID: 6711789
Filing Date: 2004-03-30
Classification: B25B,Y10T

Abstract:
A clamp comprising first and second handle assemblies, each handle assembly having a jaw, a hand grip and a intermediate portion, said handle assemblies being pivotally mounted to each other at their intermediate portion for movement between and open position and a predetermined closed position, means for biasing the hand grips and jaws to said open position, locking means to lock said jaws in said predetermined closed position, said locking means comprises a rack mounted on one of said hand grips and pawl mounted on the other hand grip, said pawl and said rack having teeth adapted to mesh with each other to hold the jaws in said predetermined closed position means to release said pawl teeth from rack teeth to permit the jaws and hand grips to move to an open position, means are provided to move said pawl toward said rack to cause the pawl teeth and the rack teeth to mesh with each other, said release means comprised means from moving the pawl away from said rack, a trigger assembly is pivotally mounted on said other grip and said pawl is connected to said trigger assembly, said trigger assembly is pivotally connected to said pawl.