Patent ID: 8397356
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: B65D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clamp, comprising: a bottom clamp bar; a top clamp bar; a pressure distribution bar positioned between the top clamp bar and the bottom clamp bar wherein the pressure distribution bar defines a lower surface opposite the bottom clamp bar that has a surface area less than a surface area of an upper surface of the bottom clamp bar; a clamp assembly operatively engaging the bottom clamp bar, the top clamp bar, and the pressure distribution bar which, when engaged, draws the bottom clamp bar, top clamp bar, and pressure distribution bar together, wherein the clamp assembly has a threaded connector that extends through the pressure distribution bar, wherein the threaded connector is surrounded only by the pressure distribution bar between the bottom clamp bar and the top clamp bar; a pressure assembly arranged at spaced locations across the top clamp bar which, when engaged, moves the pressure distribution bar against the bottom clamp bar; and wherein, when an object is placed between the bottom clamp bar and the pressure distribution bar and the clamp assembly is tightened and the pressure assembly is tightened, the object is firmly held between the bottom clamp bar and the pressure distribution bar.