Patent ID: 7748300

Claim:
Pliers, comprising: two arms, a male arm and a female arm, each having a handle and an inwardly facing jaw, the inwardly facing jaw of the male arm opposing the inwardly facing jaw of the female arm; the female arm having a slot extending through the female arm and in which the male arm is rotatably and longitudinally movably mounted; the male arm having an almond-shaped window with teeth on an internal edge of the window, the almond-shaped window extending transverse to the slot, the female arm having a first coaxial opening and a second coaxial opening, the first coaxial opening and the second coaxial opening being coaxial to each other, lying in planes parallel to a plane of the almond-shaped window and extending transverse to the slot, the first coaxial opening facing one side of the male arm and the second coaxial opening facing another side of the male arm; a pawl positioned in the almond-shaped window and longitudinally and transversely movable in the almond-shaped window, the pawl having teeth that mate with the teeth of the almond-shaped window; a protuberance extending transversely from one side of the female arm, the protuberance encircling the second coaxial opening and defining a box-shaped opening which is open at one side to the one side of the female arm and open at the other side to the second coaxial opening; the box-shaped opening being wider than the second coaxial opening so as to provide a ledge between the other side of the box-shaped opening and the second coaxial opening; a seat provided in the first coaxial opening and facing the other side of the female arm, the one side of the female arm opposite the other side of the female arm; a hinge pin having a headpiece at one end with a surrounding ledge seated in the seat of the first coaxial opening and a threaded area at the other end, the surrounding ledge of the hinge pin resting on the seat of the first coaxial opening allowing the headpiece of the hinge pin to sit flush within the other side of the female arm; a pusher having a headpiece, an extension that is narrower than the headpiece, an inner box-shaped opening between an inner sidewall of the headpiece and the extension, a spring located in the inner box-shaped opening and abutting the ledge, and the headpiece of the pusher is always situated within the box-shaped opening of the protuberance, continuously protecting the spring; the pusher screwed to the threaded area of the hinge pin with the almond-shaped window, the first coaxial opening, second coaxial opening, the pawl and the protuberance positioned coaxially between the hinge pin and the pusher; and the extension of the pusher being in mechanical engagement with the pawl and hinge pin.