Patent ID: 6941844

Claim:
Locking pliers comprising: a stationary assembly having an elongated overall shape, wherein one end of said stationary assembly forms a stationary handle, and the other end of said stationary assembly forms a stationary jaw; a moveable assembly including an operating lever and a moveable jaw that is supported on said stationary jaw via a first pivot; said operating lever having a front end that is supported directly on said stationary jaw via a second pivot, and a rear end that forms a moveable handle; a bias spring biasing said moveable handle away from said stationary handle; said moveable assembly further including a link mechanism pivotally connected between said operating lever, said moveable jaw and said stationary handle and dimensioned whereby said moveable jaw is caused to close toward said stationary jaw from an open position to a closed position for clamping an item between said jaws when said moveable handle is moved toward said stationary handle to provide a past-dead-center locking toggle mechanism.