Patent ID: 7272994

Claim:
A bolt grasping device comprising, in combination: a top plate; a bottom plate; a plurality of pins coupling the top plate to the bottom plate; an interior plate interposed between the top plate and the bottom plate; a spring coupling the interior plate to one of the plurality of pins; a first plier arm having a first jaw; wherein the first plier arm is pivotably coupled to the interior plate; and a second plier arm having a second jaw; wherein the second plier arm is pivotably coupled to the interior plate; wherein a pulling of at least a portion of the interior plate out of a space between the top plate and the bottom plate, against a force provided by the spring, permits an increasing of a distance between the first jaw and the second jaw; and wherein a pulling by the spring of at least a portion of the interior plate into the space between the top plate and the bottom plate permits a decreasing of the distance between the first jaw and the second jaw.