Patent ID: 7681477

Claim:
Pliers comprising: a first member having a first jaw member and a first handle; a second member having a second jaw member and a second handle; the first jaw having first workpiece engaging surfaces; the second jaw having second workpiece engaging surfaces; a pivot assembly interacting between the first and second members, the pivot assembly including a plurality of pivot retaining regions disposed on the first member and a pivot structure engaged with the second member, the pivot structure being engageable at a selected one of the retaining regions to adjust a relative positioning of a pivot axis between the first and second members so as to adjust an extent of relative spacing between the first and second jaws; wherein with the pivot structure engaged at the selected one of the retaining regions, a) the first member and the second member are capable of relative pivotal movement about the pivot axis, and b) the pivot axis is moveable relative to the second member to enable relative translational movement between the first jaw and the second jaw so that the first workpiece engaging surfaces and the second workpiece engaging surfaces orient themselves into engagement with first and second surfaces of a standardized workpiece, respectively.