Patent ID: 7665697

Claim:
A scissors-type clamp with opposed ball receiving heads, said clamp comprising: a pair of elongate complementary split arm members, each including opposing hollow semi-ball shape ends facing a common plane, and each split arm member including a pivotal mounting positioned substantially centrally between each of said semi-ball shaped ends, a pivotal mounting on one of said pair of split arm members being complementary to a pivotal mounting on the other of said split arm members, adjustable fastener means retained on each of said pair of elongate complementary split arm members offset to a common side of said pivotal mounting for selectively adjusting the distance between complementary ends adjacent one another, said opposing hollow semi-ball shape ends include substantially parallel internal sides and a central offset portion mediate said ends, one of said pivotal mountings being positioned on said central offset portion, said central offset portion includes a central first web positioned generally perpendicular to said common plane, and said one of said pivotal mountings includes a pair of co-axial pins extending from opposing sides of said web, said axis of said pin being in said common plane.