Patent ID: 7395740

Claim:
In combination: (i) a fish tape; and (ii) a pliers for holding and pulling the fish tape said pliers comprising: a first member and a second member, each said member comprises a distally disposed jaw and a proximately disposed handle; means for pivotably connecting the members so that the handles open and close the jaws, said means for pivotably connecting the members comprises a pivot axis, and said pliers comprises a center plane disposed through said pivot axis; said first member comprises a first wall, said first wall being planar, and said planar first wall and said center plane subtend a first angle; said second member comprises a second wall, said second wall being curvilinear; said first and second walls being spacedly facingly disposed so as to define a first channel with the jaws fully closed absent the fish tape; said jaws comprising facingly disposed fish tape grip surfaces, said jaws grip surfaces being spacedly disposed with the jaws fully closed absent the fish tape so as to define a second channel; said first and a second channels being sized for holding the fish tape; said second channel engages a first portion of the fish tape, and said first channel walls engage a second portion of the fish tape, whereby with the fish tape engaged in the respective first and second channels the fish tape is disposed away from the handles.