Patent ID: 7614593

Claim:
A clamp assembly comprising an upper clamp half and a lower clamp half, each clamp half hingedly connected along a hinge edge of each clamp half to the other clamp half and latchably connected along a latch edge of each clamp half to the other clamp half by latch structure carried by each clamp half, wherein the latch structure carried by the upper clamp half comprises a pair of parallel ears protruding transversely away from the latch edge of the upper clamp half and defining a pair of aligned boreholes, a pivot pin having a transverse borehole carried by the aligned boreholes through the ears, a bolt carried in the transverse borehole through the pivot pin, and a toggle bar having a threaded transverse borehole therethrough threadably mounted on the bolt, and wherein the latch structure carried by the lower clamp half comprises a pair of parallel ears protruding transversely from the latch edge of the lower clamp half and defining a pair of saddles facing away from the upper clamp half and contoured for close receipt of the toggle bar.