Patent ID: 8177204

Claim:
A device for clamping a grouping of two or more work pieces, each having an opening with the openings being aligned in the grouping to form a pathway with a lateral boundary, comprising a body member and an anchor member, the body member having a first end and a second end, the body dimensioned to travel along the pathway, the body including an engagement portion between the first and second ends, a displacement member dimensioned to extend into the pathway adjacent the body to displace the body member laterally within the pathway to an offset orientation in which the engagement portion is adjacent to and aligned with an outer surface on a first outer work piece of the grouping of work pieces, the body member including a threadable portion, the anchor member being operable to be located adjacent a second outer work piece of the grouping of work pieces, a threaded member to extend between the anchor member and the threadable portion to be theadably engaged therewith, the threaded member being rotationally operable to draw the body member toward the anchor member to establish a clamping force therebetween.