Patent ID: 8079577

Claim:
A clamping device for clamping a work piece, a clamping device comprising: an elongated slide bar, the elongated slide bar having a proximal end portion and a distal end portion; a first support assembly, the first support assembly comprising, a first body portion having a cuboidal shape, a first body portion affixed at the proximal end portion of the elongated slide bar, and a first clamping member extending from inside the first body portion then outwardly from a bottom face of the first body portion; and a second support assembly, the second support assembly comprising, a second body portion, the second body portion slidably coupled to the elongated slide bar for assuming a plurality of positions with respect to the first body portion, where the second body portion includes a main body portion and an arm portion extending outwardly from the main body in a perpendicular direction to the main body portion, a second clamping member configured on the arm portion of the second body portion, and a locking mechanism housed in the main body portion, where the locking mechanism includes a gripping portion and a resilient member configured within the second body portion, where the gripping portion operates the resilient member to move the second body portion along the elongated slide bar thereby moving the second clamping member towards and away from the first clamping member, wherein the locking mechanism is capable of engaging the second body portion with the elongated slide bar for movement of the second body portion with respect to the first body portion for enabling the second body portion to assume at least one of an unclamped position and a clamped position of the plurality of the positions, wherein the first clamping member and the second clamping member are positioned in a spaced apart relationship for abutting clamping the work piece there between to assume the clamped position of the plurality of positions, and wherein the gripping portion operates the resilient member to release the second clamping member from the clamped position.