Patent ID: 8091874

Claim:
A clamp, comprising: a main housing comprising a bar opening; a first jaw base connected to the main housing via a first base-housing connector, wherein the first base-housing connector is operable to provide relative rotational movement between the first jaw base and the main housing about a first axis; a first base-housing lock in communication with the first base-housing connector, wherein the first base-housing lock is operable to selectively fix a relative rotational orientation between the first jaw base and the main housing; a first jaw pad connected to the first jaw base via a first pad-base connector, wherein the first pad-base connector is operable to provide relative rotational movement between the first jaw pad and the first jaw base about a second axis different from the first axis; a first pad-base lock in communication with the first pad-base connector, wherein the first pad-base lock is operable to selectively fix a relative rotational orientation between the first jaw pad and the first jaw base; a first rotatable connector connecting the first jaw pad and the first pad-base connector, wherein the first rotatable connector is operable to provide relative rotational movement between the first jaw pad and the first pad-base connector about a third axis different from both the first axis and second axis; an elongated bar movably extendable through the bar opening; a second jaw base movably connectable to the bar, the second jaw base having a lower base section connectable to an upper base section via a base section connector, wherein the base section connector is operable to provide relative rotational movement between the upper base section of the second jaw base and the lower base section about a fourth axis; an upper-lower base section lock in communication with the base section connector, wherein the upper-lower base section lock is operable to selectively fix a relative rotational orientation between the upper base section of the second jaw base and the lower base section; a second jaw pad connected to the second jaw base via a second pad-base connector, wherein the second pad-base connector is operable to provide relative rotational movement between the second jaw pad and the second jaw base about a fifth axis different from the fourth axis; a second pad-base lock in communication with the second pad-base connector, wherein the second pad-base lock is operable to selectively fix a relative rotational orientation between the second jaw pad and the second jaw base; and a second rotatable connector connecting the second jaw pad and the second pad-base connector, wherein the second rotatable connector is operable to provide relative rotational movement between the second jaw pad and the second pad-base connector about a sixth axis different from both the fourth axis and fifth axis.