Patent ID: 8919229

Claim:
A one handed quick release locking pliers comprising: a fixed handle having an adjusting means disposed on one end; a fixed jaw is rigidly retained in an opposing end of the fixed handle; a movable jaw is pivotally retained in substantially the opposing end of the fixed handle; a power link having a first end, a second end and a middle portion, said first end is pivotally engaged with said movable jaw, said power link having a U-shaped cross section, said U-shaped cross section includes a first power plate extending downward from a first end of a cross power plate, a second power plate extending downward from a second end of said cross power plate; a movable handle having one end pivotally retained by said middle portion of said power link; and a toggle link having a first end and a second end, said first end makes contact with an end of said adjusting means, said second end of said toggle link is pivotally engaged with said second end of said power link.