Patent ID: 7255027

Claim:
A plier device comprising: a first elongated handle member including an intermediate neck portion formed between a jaw and a handle, and including an elongated channel formed in said intermediate neck portion of said first elongated handle member, and including a plurality of teeth formed in said intermediate neck portion of said first elongated handle member and provided in said elongated channel of said first elongated handle member, a second elongated handle member including an intermediate neck portion formed between a jaw and a handle, and an orifice formed in said intermediate neck portion of said second elongated handle member, a pawl member including a shaft having a first end pivotally engaged into said orifice of said second elongated handle member for pivotally coupling said pawl member to said second elongated handle member, and including at least one tooth for engaging with said teeth of said first elongated handle member and for allowing a workpiece to be gripped between said jaws of said first and said second handle members, said second elongated handle member including a frame secured thereto and engaged with said pawl member for anchoring said pawl member to said second elongated handle member, said frame including two brackets extended from a bar for forming a space between said brackets and said bar and for movably receiving said intermediate neck portion of said first elongated handle member, and said brackets of said frame being secured to said second elongated handle member with fasteners, and a spring member attached to said second elongated handle member and including a first leg engaged with said pawl member, and including a second leg engaged with said second elongated handle member for biasing said at least one tooth of said pawl member to engage with said teeth of said first elongated handle member, and said at least one tooth of said pawl member being disengageable from said teeth of said first elongated handle member when said handles of said first and said second handle members are moved away from each other until said at least one tooth of said pawl member are disengaged from said teeth of said first elongated handle member and when said spring member may not bias and force said at least one tooth of said pawl member to engage with said teeth of said first elongated handle member, for allowing said pawl member to be moved and adjusted along said elongated channel of said first elongated handle member and to allow said jaws of said first and said second handle members to be quickly adjusted relative to each other.