Clamp

A clamp, comprising:

• a main body having spaced, substantially parallel, side plates, and which further have a lowermost peripheral edge which is secured to an underlying supporting surface, and an uppermost peripheral edge which defines, at least in part, a curved camming surface, and wherein the respective side plates each have a first, and an opposite, second end;
• a shoulder fastener coupling the first end of each of the side plates together;
• a first and a second fixed pin which individually extend between, and couple together the first and second side plates, and wherein the respective fixed pins are each located in a substantially perpendicular orientation relative to each of the side plates, and are further disposed in a predetermined, parallel, spaced orientation, one relative to the other;
• a handle having a proximal end which is pivotally affixed to the first end of each of the side plates by the shoulder fastener, and which further has an opposite, second end, and wherein the handle is reciprocally moveable along a given course of travel between a first and a second position;
• a moveable object engagement member having a first and a second end, and top and bottom peripheral edges, and wherein a first and a second movement defining passageway are formed in, and extend through, the moveable object engagement member, and the first fixed pin is received through the first movement defining passageway, and the second fixed pin is received through the second movement defining passageway, and wherein a clevis engaging region is defined by the top peripheral edge, and is located near the first end of the moveable object engagement member;
• an elongated moveable clevis assembly having a first end which is pivotally mounted on the first end of the moveable object engagement member, and which further matingly cooperates with the clevis engaging region thereof, and further has a distal second end which matingly and moveably cooperates with the second end of the handle, and wherein the first end of the moveable clevis assembly cammingly engages the curved camming surface which is defined by the uppermost peripheral edge of each of the respective side plates;
• and
• a biasing member positioned between the first end of the elongated moveable clevis assembly, and the handle, and which biasingly retains the handle in either the first or second position, and wherein movement of the handle between the first and second positions is effective in urging the moveable object engagement member along a predetermined path of travel from an open position, to a closed position, and wherein in the closed position the second end of the moveable object engagement member forcibly engages an object of interest.