Patent ID: 7921752

Claim:
A multi-function tool, comprising: a jaw-type tool having two jaws interconnected with each other by a jaw pivot joint, at least one of the jaws being pivotally connected to a handle by a handle pivot joint, and said handle having a pair of side walls, a top and a bottom, and a spring connected to one of said pair of side walls, said spring being biased to move laterally from the one of the pair of side walls towards an opposite one of the pair of side walls into engagement with a base of the one of the jaws to which the handle is connected when the one of the jaws is extended with respect to the handle, so as to prevent the one of the jaws from pivoting around the handle pivot joint in a jaw-collapsing direction and said handle comprising first and second handle halves, the handle halves being interconnected with each other by male and female handle braces included in the handle halves on one of the top and bottom and located adjacent said handle pivot joint, and the handle halves being interconnected with each other on the other of the top and bottom by said first handle half having a flange overlapping a portion of said second handle half located on said other one of said top and bottom, and by a mechanical fastener fastening the flange to the second handle half.