Patent ID: 8464615

Claim:
A safety pipe wrench comprising: a V-shaped handle having a stem extending from a first end of the handle towards a second end of the handle, the stem bifurcating into a first arm and a second arm at a location between the first end and the second of the handle, the first arm and the second arm extending to the second end of the handle, a terminal free end of the second arm defining in part said second end of the handle, a slot being defined between the first arm and the second arm; a first gripping insert mounted on the first arm, the first gripping insert and the first arm immovable relative to the handle; a nut rotatably retained in the slot; a jaw consisting of a shank terminating in a single jaw head, the shank being movably engaged with the nut, a second gripping insert mounted on the single jaw head; and wherein a width of the first arm is greater than a width of the second arm so that the slot defined between the first arm and the second arm is eccentric relative to a longitudinal axis of the handle.