Patent ID: 8070771

Claim:
An ambidextrous locking clamp system for allowing a right hand or left hand user to operate the system, said ambidextrous locking clamp system comprising: a first elongated member having a working head, a finger engaging member opposite said working head, and a notch defined in said finger engaging member; a second elongated member having a working head, a finger engaging member opposite said working head, and a notch defined in said finger engaging member of said second elongated member, said second elongated member being pivotably connected to said first elongate member so that said notches face towards each other; a first latching member having a flexible arm, a head including ratcheting teeth thereon and located at an end of said flexible arm, and a first side having a detent extending out therefrom; and a second latching member having a flexible arm, a head including ratcheting teeth thereon and located at an end of said flexible arm, and a first side having a detent extending out therefrom; wherein said notch of said finger engaging member of said first elongated member and said second elongated member being configured to removably receive therein said first and second latching members respectively; wherein said notch of said first and second finger engaging members each further comprising a side configured to correspond with and slidably receive said detents of said first and second latching members in a direction perpendicular with a longitudinal axis of said first and second elongated members and parallel with a longitudinal axis of said first and second latching members respectively; wherein said ratcheting teeth of said head of said first and second latching members being orientated to be engagable with each other.