Patent ID: 8794609

Claim:
An apparatus for squeezing together two miter joint members so as to achieve a miter joint of a wood casing, comprising: a handle having an end portion with a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion; a corresponding handle having a corresponding end portion with a corresponding first coupling portion and a corresponding second coupling portion; the handle being pivotally attached to the corresponding handle by a first pivot point arrangement formed by coupling the first coupling portion and the corresponding first coupling portion together so as to form a handle member having an opening position caused by moving apart the handle and the corresponding handle, and also having a closed position caused by moving together the handle and the corresponding handle; a jaw having a first jaw end with a first jaw coupling portion and a second jaw coupling portion, and having a second jaw end with a clamping portion; a corresponding jaw having a corresponding jaw end with a cam-based portion, the cam-based portion having a corresponding jaw first coupling portion and a corresponding jaw second coupling portion, the corresponding jaw also having a corresponding jaw second end with a corresponding clamping portion, the cam-based portion configured to form a recessed portion; the handle member being pivotally attached to the clamping member by a second pivot point arrangement formed by coupling the second coupling portion of the handle and the first jaw coupling portion of the jaw and also by a third pivot point arrangement formed by coupling the corresponding second coupling portion of the corresponding handle and the corresponding first jaw coupling portion of the corresponding jaw; the jaw being pivotally coupled to the corresponding jaw by a fourth pivot point arrangement formed by coupling the second jaw coupling portion of the jaw and the corresponding second jaw coupling portion of the corresponding jaw; in response to the handle member being moved from the open position to the closed position, the clamping member is moved from an unlocked position to a locked position so that the first pivot point arrangement is received in the recessed portion of the cam-based portion of the corresponding jaw, and also so that the clamping portion of the jaw and the corresponding clamping portion of the corresponding jaw squeeze together two miter joint members and achieve a miter joint of a wood casing; and only in response to the handle member being moved from the closed position to the open position, the first pivot point arrangement is moved away from the recessed portion of the cam-based portion of the corresponding jaw in order to release and move the clamping member from the locked position to the unlocked position to remove the clamping member from the two miter joint members.