Patents Assigned to Petersen Manufacturing
  • Locking pliers with axial clamping action
    Patent number: 5456144
    Abstract: A pair of locking pliers includes a body having a fixed jaw that supports a fixed extension. A movable jaw is pivotably mounted to the body by a hinge pin, and the movable jaw includes a movable extension. An operating lever is pivotably mounted to the movable jaw to close the movable jaw, and the movable jaw is shaped such that the movable extension slides along the fixed extension as the movable jaw is pivoted closed with the operating lever in order to provide an axial clamping action.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 10, 1995
    Assignee: Petersen Manufacturing
    Inventors: Raymond Dahl, Francis Barnes, Anthony Fuller, Joseph Sorensen