Patent ID: 6925689

Claim:
A manual tool comprising a pair of jaws, each said jaw having an object engaging portion and an actuating portion; fulcrum means disposed in spaced apart relation from said object engaging portion and said actuating portion for retaining said jaws in pivoting relationship for movement between a first position and a second position; and spring means for biasing said jaws to said first position; wherein said spring means comprises an arched leaf spring associated with each said jaw, each said leaf spring having a proximal end and a distal end; hinge means anchoring the proximal end of each said leaf spring to an associated jaw with said distal end of each said spring in contact with an associated jaw with said springs in symmetrical, contiguous back to back relationship; whereby the application of a manual force to said actuating portion of said jaws to move said jaws to their second position will serve to deflect said leaf springs and cause a rolling contact therebetween.