Locking V Hinge Tool Device
OwnerVernon James Ford, JR.inventor
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Abstract
The locking V hinge tool of this invention comprises three or more pieces. The first two pieces are fundamentally identical and reversed, comprised of three main sections in optional order of, a jaw end, a common axle, and a arc-like cam, assembled together and rotate through the common axle, allowing the jaw ends to open and close. A third pin holding piece holds a pin that rides in and moves, the criss-crossing arc-like slots in the other pieces, at or near an angle aimed at the corners of a diamond like opening where the two arc-like slots intersect. Any external force exerted on the jaw ends, attempt to force the pin in the arc-like slots to rise to an upright position but are blocked by the walls.
Claims16
A locking tool comprising at least two movably-connected pieces, a first handle piece, a second handle piece and at least one third piece, said first handle piece having an upper and/or lower down the handle, jaw portion, below said upper jaw portion an axle aperture and at least one arc-like slot positioned at a point below said axle aperture, said second handle piece having an upper and/or lower down the handle, jaw portion and below said jaw portion an axle aperture, and below said axle aperture at least one vertically-disposed slot, said third piece having a pin holding hole at any angle desired and directed, riding through the arc-like slots of the first and second handle pieces, when said first handle piece and said second handle piece and said third piece are assembled in said locking tool, said jaw portions in said first and second handle pieces having complementary jaw portions that cooperate to form thereby but not limited to a gripping, cutting or crimping means in a bi-directional manor, and a locking pin positioned through each of said arc-like and through the hole in the third piece in either a vertical or horizontal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.