Patent ID: 8430383

Claim:
A clamp comprising: a bar; a first jaw body secured to the bar and supporting a movable jaw positioned on a top edge of the bar, the first jaw body defining a first bottom surface positioned on a bottom edge of the bar opposite to the movable jaw; said bar being slidably received in a body having a handgrip positioned on the bottom edge of the bar and a second jaw body having a fixed jaw arranged such that the fixed jaw is positioned on the top edge of the bar; a support slidably disposed on said bar between the first jaw body and the body and having a second bottom surface that is coplanar with said first bottom surface such that said clamp can be supported by said first bottom surface and said second bottom surface on a surface in a free standing manner with the movable jaw and the fixed jaw extending away from the surface, wherein said support does not extend over the top edge of the bar.