Patent ID: 7415913

Claim:
A fish tape pliers comprising: a first member and a second member, each said member comprises a distally disposed jaw and a proximately disposed handle; means for pivotably connecting the members so that the handles open and close the jaws, said means for pivotably connecting the members comprise a pivot axis, and a pliers center plane being disposed through said pivot axis; said jaws comprising facingly disposed first and second fish tape grip surfaces, said grip surfaces being spacedly disposed with the jaws fully closed absent the fish tape to define a first channel; said first member comprises a first wall, said first wall being planar, and said planar wall and center plane subtend an acute angle; said second member comprises a second wall, said second wall being curvilinear; said walls being spacedly disposed so as to define a second channel for receiving the fish tape with the jaws fully closed absent the fish tape; further comprising a guide wall angularly disposed to and adjacent the second fish tape grip surface, said guide wall being facingly disposed to the first fish tape grip surface, whereby with the fish tape gripped by the jaws, the gripped fish tape is disposed along the center plane in the first channel between the first and second grip surfaces and then the fish tape extends away from the first grip surface and being spacedly disposed from the guide wall and extends through the second channel so as to be disposed away from the handles.