Patent ID: 7077036

Claim:
A manually operated device for rapidly grasping and securely holding different sizes of gears, said device comprising: a first arm, said first arm having two sections, a second arm, said second arm having two sections, said first and second arms being pivotally secured together, at least one block, said at least one block having means for securing said at least one block to said first or second arms, and wherein said means for securing said at least one block to said first or second arms comprises: one section of said first arm having at least a pair of protrusions affixed thereto, one section of said second arm having at least a pair of protrusions affixed thereto, and said at least one block has means for receiving said at least a pair of protrusions, and wherein said means for receiving said at least a pair of protrusions is a pair of apertures, and wherein said at least one block has at least one additional aperture, and wherein said at least one additional aperture has a spring biased detent therein.