Patent ID: 6966550

Claim:
A lever actuated clamp for the purpose of creating a squeezing force, the clamp including an open clamp position and a closed clamp position wherein: two opposed elongated arms are hinged together at a rear hinge point, the hinge point being at respective arm rear hinge ends, the arms including an upper arm and a lower arm; the upper arm having an upper jaw end, and the lower arm having a lower jaw end, the jaw ends being at distal front ends of the arms, the respective jaw ends substantially facing toward each other; the lower arm being rotatable about the hinge point with respect to the upper arm such that the respective jaw ends can be moved toward each other to the closed clamp position and the respective jaw ends can also be moved apart toward the open clamp position, the closed clamp position being determined by a size of an object that is squeezed between the respective jaw ends; a lever being pivotably attached to the upper arm at a lever pivot location of the upper arm the lever extending upward from the lever pivot location of the upper arm, the lever extending away from the upper arm, the lever being positioned substantially between the rear hinge point and the upper jaw end, the lever being linked to the lower arm at a lever lower end, the lever lower end being positioned between the lever pivot location and the rear hinge point, wherein a forced rotational motion of the lever with respect to the upper arm comprises an actuation stroke, the actuation stroke causing a front end of the lever to move toward the upper jaw end, the actuation stroke further causing a rotational bias toward the closed clamp position upon the lower arm about the hinge point.