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US 2006/0230886 A1Published application
Pliers having pivotal handles
OwnerChih-Ching Hsieninventor
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Abstract
A pair of pliers includes two jaws pivotably connected with each other and each jaw has a connection neck including two lugs. Two grips each have a protrusion extending from an end thereof and the protrusion is pivotably between the two lugs of respective one of the two connection necks. Two shafts respectively extend through the lugs of the two connection necks and the protrusions between the lugs. A positioning device is connected between the protrusion and the connection neck so as to position the grip relative to the connection neck.
Claims2
A pair of pliers comprising:
- two parts and each part including a jaw on a first end thereof and a connection neck connected to a second end of each part, the two parts being pivotably connected with each other at a mediate portion thereof, Each connection neck including two lugs extending therefrom so as to define a space between the two lugs, the two lugs each extending toward a direction opposite to a longitudinal axis of the jaw, a recess defined in a distal end of each connection neck and communicating with the space, a spring and a bead received in each of the recesses, a second spring connected between the two connection necks;
- two grips each having a protrusion extending from an end thereof and the protrusion pivotably between the two lugs of respective one of the two connection necks, each protrusion having a plurality of dents defined in an outer periphery thereof and the bead being engaged with one of the dents, and
- two shafts respectively extending through the lugs of the two connection necks and the protrusions between the lugs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.