Patent ID: 6862962

Claim:
A hand tool comprising: a first hand tool member assembly having a jaw portion, a tension assembly, and a cam assembly; a second hand tool member assembly having a jaw portion; a jaw portion first pivot point coupling said first hand tool member assembly to said second member assembly; a jaw portion second pivot point coupling said first hand tool member assembly to said second member assembly, said jaw portion second pivot point located closer to said first member and second member jaw portions than said jaw portion first pivot point; said first hand tool member assembly jaw portion and said second hand tool member assembly jaw portion structured to close together in a three-phase motion consisting of a first pivot phase, a transition phase and a second pivot phase, said first hand tool member assembly jaw portion and said second hand tool member assembly jaw portion pivoting relative to each other about said jaw portion first pivot point during said first pivot phase and pivoting relative to each other about said jaw portion second pivot point during said second pivot phase; and said cam assembly structured to engage said tension assembly when said first hand tool member assembly jaw portion and said second hand tool member assembly jaw portion contact a workpiece thereby initiating said transition phase between said first pivot phase and said second pivot phase wherein said rotation about said jaw portion first pivot point is halted causing said jaw portions to rotate about said jaw portion second pivot point.