Patent ID: 7422474

Claim:
A terminal clamping device, comprising: a first gripping member having a first jaw end and a first handle end; a second gripping member having a second jaw end and a second handle end; a first electrically conductive jaw member secured to the first jaw end of the first gripping member; and a second electrically conductive jaw member secured to the second jaw end of the second gripping member; wherein the first gripping member and the second gripping member are pivotably connected to each other about an axis in offset relation such that, on a first side of the terminal clamping device, a portion of a first side of the first gripping member overlays a portion of a first side of the second gripping member and, on an opposite side of the terminal clamping device, a portion of a second side of the second gripping member overlays a portion of a second side of the first gripping member; and wherein a side of the first electrically conductive member that is in correspondence with the second side of the first gripping member is provided with an outwardly extending jog and a side of the second electrically conductive member that is in correspondence with the first side of the second gripping member is provided with an outwardly extending jog such that terminal gripping edges of the first jaw member and second jaw member will be properly aligned when the terminal clamping device is disposed upon a battery terminal; wherein one of the first jaw member and the second jaw member comprises a stop plate which extends upwardly between the first and second jaw members and being positioned away from front ends of the first and second jaw members.