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US 2020/0269390 A1Published application
Tool with handle offsets
AssigneeSnap-on Incorporated
InventorsDouglas A. Moyer, Daniel M. Eggert
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Abstract
Disclosed is a tool, such as pliers, with handle offsets and stop features. In an embodiment, the tool has a minimum of about 0.50 inches of clearance between handles in an area where a user's index finger contacts the handles. This is accomplished by offsetting upper and lower handles of the tool. For example, the lower handle may be offset about 1.10 inches from a pivot point between the handles. Similarly, an end of the upper handle may be offset by about 1.150 inches from the pivot point when jaws of the tool are adjusted to a closed position.
Claims13
A tool comprising:
- a first portion having a first jaw portion and a first handle portion;
- a second portion having a second jaw portion, a second handle portion, and an elongated slot disposed in the second portion between the second jaw portion and the second handle portion, the second portion is pivotally coupled to the first portion at a pivot point that is movable along the elongated slot, wherein a first outer edge of the first handle portion is offset from the pivot point by a first length, and a second outer edge of the second handle portion is offset from the pivot point by a second length;
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- teeth disposed on the second portion proximal to or extending into the elongated slot,
- wherein the teeth are spaced with respect to one another at about 0.098 inches, and
- wherein when the pivot point is moved along the elongated slot such that a distance between the first and second jaw portions is at a maximum opening, the first and second lengths provide at least about 0.50 inches of clearance between the first and second handle portions at a gripping area of the first and second handle portions.
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A tool comprising:
- a first portion having a first jaw portion and a first handle portion;
- a second portion having a second jaw portion, a second handle portion, and an elongated slot disposed in the second portion between the second jaw portion and the second handle portion, the second portion is pivotally coupled to the first portion at a pivot point that is movable along the elongated slot, wherein a first outer edge of the first handle portion is offset from the pivot point by a first length, and a second outer edge of the second handle portion is offset from the pivot point by a second length;
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- teeth disposed on the second portion proximal to or extending into the elongated slot,
- wherein the teeth are spaced with respect to one another at about 0.066 inches, and
- wherein when the pivot point is moved along the elongated slot such that a distance between the first and second jaw portions is at a maximum opening, the first and second lengths provide at least about 0.50 inches of clearance between the first and second handle portions at a gripping area of the first and second handle portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.