Patent ID: 7032627

Claim:
A tool for forming wire, comprising: a. a first member and a second member, each having a jaw and a handle and a mediate region between the jaw and handle; b. a connecting means for securing the first and second members together at the mediate regions thereof and for permitting pivoting movement between the first and second members while locating the jaws on the same side of the connecting means such that the jaws are opposed to each other and free to move towards and away from each other; and c. a link attached solely to the mediate regions of the first and second members, and extending on the same side of the connecting means as the jaws, the link having a post projecting from the link and extending intermediate the jaws for forming wire around the post, wherein the post is free to move both radially towards and away from the connecting means to permit formation of generally circular loops with various gauges of wire.