Patent ID: 7226047

Claim:
A welder's pipe clamp comprising: an upper handle member having an upper jaw and a lower jaw pivotally secured thereto, each of said jaws terminating at a distal end; a lower handle member having said lower jaw pivotally secured thereto; a reversible pipe clamp member pivotally attached to the distal end of each jaw, each of said clamp members including an upper and a lower arcuate pipe engaging surface for partially encompassing a portion of a pipe circumference wherein each clamp member is secured to a corresponding jaw with a detent type locking pin that seats within a bore on the clamping member and a coaxial passageway on a corresponding jaw, wherein the diameters of the bore and passageway are slightly larger than that of the pin to allow each clamping member to move slightly relative to the jaws when being clamped about a pipe exterior and wherein each jaw further includes a nipple that seats within a channel formed on each clamping member; means for locking said clamping members about the circumference of a pair of pipe sections to assist a worker in welding said sections.