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US 2012/0073060 A1Published application
Fencing tool
AssigneeChannellock, Inc.
InventorTerry C. Farrell
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Abstract
A pliers fencing tool includes a wedge having a through slot for engagement with the rotatably mounted ratcheted sprocket teeth of a fence wire strainer suspended between the fence wire looped ends. Through slot engaged cause the teeth to rotate from a first to a second ratcheted position and thereby strain the fence wire. A grip having a thumb receiving recess and thumb guard is provided between the wedge and the means for pivotably connecting the handles, and the handles are gripped at the grip portion with the wedge distally disposed.
Claims19
In combination:
- (a) a fencing tool comprising:
- a first handle and a second handle, and first and second respective distally disposed jaws, and means for pivotably connecting the handles and respective jaws, so that the tool is disposed in an opened disposition and a closed disposition,
- said first handle comprises a first surface and a second surface and being formed with a wedge extending from the second surface upwardly to the first surface terminating at a wedge edge, and having a through slot extending from the first surface to the second surface;
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- (b) a fence wire strainer comprising a plurality of teeth, and means for ratchetedly rotatably mounting the teeth, so that the teeth are rotated from a first position to second position to strain the fence wire, with the strainer operably disposed with the fence wire;
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- wherein the through slot engages at least one of the plurality of strainer teeth with the wedge first surface downwardly and facingly disposed to the fence wire strainer, and with the handles gripped in the closed disposition to provide a first operable position;
- whereby with the handles gripped in the closed first operable position and the wedge edge distally disposed, the tool is moved in the proximate direction, and the teeth are rotated from the first position to the second position and strain the fence wire.
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A fencing tool comprising:
- a first handle and a second handle, and first and second, respective disposed jaws, and means for pivotably connecting the handles and respective jaws, so that the tool is disposed in an opened disposition and a closed disposition,
- said first handle comprises a first surface and a second surface and being formed with a wedge extending from the second surface upwardly to the first surface terminating at a wedge edge, and having a through slot extending from the first surface to the second surface;
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- wherein the first handle first and second surfaces comprise a T-shaped section comprising respective thumb receiving recesses and thumb guards for right and left hand grip;
- wherein the through slot engages at least one of a plurality of the fence wire strainer teeth with the wedge first surface downwardly disposed and facingly disposed to the wire strainer, with the handles gripped in the closed disposition with the wedge edge distally disposed to provide a first operable position for moving the strainer teeth.
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A method for operably engaging a wire strainer with a fencing tool comprising:
- (i) providing a fencing tool comprising a first handle and a second handle, and first and second, respective jaws, and means for pivotably connecting the handles and respective jaws, so that the tool is disposed in an opened disposition and a closed disposition,
- said first handle comprises a first surface and a second surface and being formed with a wedge extending from the second surface upwardly to the first surface terminating at a wedge edge, and having a through slot extending from the first surface to the second surface;
- wherein the first handle first and second surfaces comprise a grip portion;
- (ii) gripping the handles at the grip portion so that the first surface is downwardly and facingly disposed to a wire strainer and the wedge edge is distally disposed;
- (iii) engaging the ratchet teeth of the fence wire strainer in the through slot;
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- (iv) moving the tool to exert a force on the engaged ratchet teeth to rotate the ratchet teeth to from a first to a second ratcheted position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.