Patent ID: 7017458
Filing Date: 2006-03-28
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. Self adjusting grooved pliers comprising: a first section having a first jaw portion and a channel formed therethrough, adjacent the first jaw portion; a second section having a second jaw portion and a pivot extending therefrom and slidably received in the channel to allow wider or narrower association between the first jaw portion and the second jaw portion, the pivot pivotally coupling the first section to the second section for movement between an open position and a gripping position; a plurality of grooves formed in one of the first section and the second section; a tongue extending from the other of the first section and the second section, the tongue being received in one of the plurality of grooves, locking the pivot in position within the channel upon the first section and the second section reaching the gripping position; and a biasing assembly which acts on the pivot, urging the pivot upward in the channel toward the first jaw portion, the biasing assembly includes a coil spring fitted into a handle portion of the first section and an extension member having an end engaging the coil spring and an opposing end extending into the channel and engaging the pivot, cooperating to urge the pivot in the channel toward the first jaw portion.