Abstract: A vise grip locking tool which contains jaws that are capable of opening with a flick of the user's wrist. The tool comprises a first handle member, a second handle member, a lower jaw, and an upper jaw. The first handle member is pivotally attached to the lower jaw. The first end of the lower jaw is made up of four mutually interconnected sides having a guided slot extending through it. The upper jaw has an elongated shank that may slide along the guided slot of the lower jaw. A stop is present on the bottom of the shank preventing the upper jaw from escaping the guided slot. The second handle member is pivotally mounted to the lower jaw and includes a releasable lock which is made up of a spring-operated detent which engages teeth on the elongated shank.

Abstract: A vise lock tool comprises a first and second handle member, both of which are pivotally mounted to the lower jaw member. The upper jaw member has an elongated shank with a continuous plurality of teeth present on the posterior side and is slidingly mounted in a guide slot. Attached to the second handle member is a releasable locking means which locks the upper jaw with respect to the lower jaw and allows a flick of the wrist to open or close the upper jaw due to a spring-operated detent means for engaging the teeth on the elongated shank of the upper jaw member.

Abstract: A locking plier-wrench includes a first handle member having a first jaw member lockable at a plurality of positions relative to the handle member and removable from the handle member so that a different jaw member having a different length shank may be substituted, and a second jaw member pivotally mounted on the handle member and straddling the handle member.

Abstract: A hacksaw frame has a plurality of pivotally mounted fingers of different lengths to allow a blade to be mounted in a variety of different positions. Lever means for providing increased blade tension are disclosed.