Interlocking Jaw Handles Patents (Class 81/131)
  • Patent number: 9138800
    Abstract: A safety wire plier includes a pair of plier arms with each of the arms including a jaw end and a handle. The plier arms of the safety wire plier are pivotally connected to each other for movement in either an open or closed position. The safety wire plier also includes a sealed lock for releasably locking the safety wire plier in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: BRIGHT SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL LLC
    Inventors: Barry J. Harrison, Terrence D. Kalley, John Burke, Daniel W. Brass, Ronald Fred Johnson
  • Patent number: 6257100
    Abstract: An adjustable wrench is provided. The adjustable wrench comprising a grasping portion, an adjusting portion, and a positioning portion. The grasping portion is formed with a first wrench,opening clamp member. The adjusting portion is slidably coupled to the grasping portion which has formed therein positioning tooth. The adjusting portion is formed with a second wrench opening claim meter that opposes the first wrench opening clamp member. The positioning portion is pivotally connected to the adjusting portion and is pivotally displaceable into and out of a channel defined by the grasping portion. The positioning portion is also formed with a plurality of positioning teeth which engage the positioning teeth of the grasping portion when it is positioned within the channel. Rules indicative of one or more measurement scales are formed on side walls of the grasping portion such that the distance between the first and second wrench opening clamp members may be accurately measured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Inventor: Daniel Tai
  • Patent number: 4794824
    Abstract: An improved and simplified vice-locking adjustable end wrench with a primary handle whose jaws are manually adjustable by a customary knurled worm gear for initial adjustment, and a simple, single clamping and gripping pivotal handle relative to the usual handle and secured at one end at the jaws and freely extending to the end of the handle to achieve a vice-like gripping action with maximum desired mechanical advantage and force when the handles are forced together to an adjustable extent in a nested relationship so that the clamping handle can effectively carry the initial wrench closing forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1989
    Inventor: William C. Chapman