Patent ID: 7389715

Claim:
A pliers-type hand tool, comprising: a first arm including a handle, a jaw, and an intermediate portion that interconnects said handle and said jaw thereof and that is formed with a threaded blind hole; a second arm including a handle, a jaw, and an intermediate portion that interconnects said handle and said jaw thereof and that is formed with a through-hole; a pivot joint interconnecting said intermediate portions of said first and second arms, and permitting relative rotation of said first and second arms about a pivot axis, said pivot joint including a head portion, and a shank portion that extends along the pivot axis from said head portion and through said through-hole in said intermediate portion of said second arm, and that threadedly engages said threaded blind hole in said intermediate portion of said first arm, said pivot joint being formed with a threaded through-hole that extends along the pivot axis and through said head and shank portions thereof; and a locking member for tightening engagement between said shank portion of said pivot joint and said threaded blind hole, said locking member threadedly engaging and extending through said threaded through-hole in said pivot joint, and abutting against said intermediate portion of said first arm.