Patent ID: 8266775

Claim:
In combination a tool for installing a clamp for receiving an elongated fastener, the combination comprising: an elongated fastener having a threaded shaft and a head; a clamp formed of a looped band having opposing ears, each said ear having a hole; spaced first and second bifurcated jaws for drawing said ears of said clamp more closely together and holding said ears substantially in place between said jaws, said first jaw being pivotally mounted in relation to said second jaw such that a space between furcation of said first jaw substantially aligns with a space between furcations of said second jaw with said alignment of said spaces substantially persisting as said jaws are opened and closed, each said space of each said jaw being substantially equal to permit passage of said shaft and non-passage of said head of said threaded fastener which engages an outer surface of one of said jaws, said furcations of said jaws being spaced sufficiently wide to permit insertion of said shaft and not said head of said fastener therebetween; and wherein said head of said fastener being located generally adjacent to and engaging an outer surface of said one of said jaws opposing an inner surface thereof where said inner surface is proximate to an inner surface of another said jaw, and said shaft of said fastener for securing together said ears of said clamp passing through said hole in each said ear that is held in place by said jaws, a spaced pair of handles, each said handle attached to a proximate end of one of said laws such that urging said handles together urges said jaws together and urging said handles apart urges said jaws apart, and said furcations of said jaws being substantially equal in thickness and substantially equal in width.