Circlip pliers with gripping surfaces

Abstract

A hand tool may include a head section which may include a top jaw and a bottom jaw, a handle section which may include a top handle and a bottom handle, a joint assembly which may operably couple the head section to the handle section, a pin assembly which may include a first pin disposed at a distal end of the top jaw and a second pin disposed at a distal end of the bottom jaw, and a gripping assembly which may include a first gripping surface disposed at the top jaw proximate to the first pin and a second gripping surface disposed at the bottom jaw proximate to the second pin. The first and second gripping surfaces may grip objects therebetween responsive to the top jaw and the bottom jaw moving towards each other.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.