Pipe wrench with improved design for side bite
AssigneeApex Brands, Inc.
InventorsNoah Thomas Steen, Kelsey David Gilmore
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Abstract
A hand tool includes a handle section, a working end operably coupled to the handle section, and a jaw assembly disposed at the working end. The jaw assembly includes a movable jaw and a fixed jaw. A span defined between the movable jaw and the fixed jaw is adjustable. Each of the movable jaw and the fixed jaw includes an array of teeth defined by ridges that extend substantially parallel to each other. The array of teeth on each of the fixed jaw and the movable jaw includes a first set of teeth having a first width and a first depth, and a second set of teeth having a second width and a second depth. The first depth is less than the second depth and the first width is less than the second width.
Claims20
A tool comprising:
- a first jaw comprising a first array of teeth;
- and
- a second jaw comprising a second array of teeth;
- wherein ridges of the teeth of the first array of teeth extend parallel to each other and ridges of the teeth of the second array of teeth extend parallel to each other;
- wherein the first jaw is movable relative to second jaw to define an adjustable span between the first jaw and the second jaw to grip a working media between the first jaw and the second jaw;
- wherein the first and second arrays of teeth comprise a narrower set of teeth having a first width and a wider set of teeth having a second width;
- wherein the first width is less than the second width;
- wherein a plurality of teeth of the narrower set of teeth are disposed between a first tooth of the wider set of teeth and a second tooth of the wider set of teeth.
A jaw assembly for a tool, the jaw assembly comprising:
- a first jaw comprising a first array of teeth;
- and
- a second jaw comprising a second array of teeth;
- wherein the first array of teeth includes a first set of teeth that are both wider and deeper than a majority of the teeth that form the first array of teeth;
- and
- wherein the second array of teeth includes a second set of teeth that are both wider and deeper than a majority of the teeth that form the second array of teeth.
A hand tool comprising:
- a handle section;
- and
- a jaw assembly operably coupled to the handle section, the jaw assembly comprising a first jaw and a second jaw;
- wherein the first jaw comprises a first array of teeth and the second jaw comprises a second array of teeth;
- wherein a span defined between the first jaw and the second jaw is adjustable;
- wherein first ridges of the first array of teeth are substantially aligned with a first plane and second ridges of the second array of teeth are substantially aligned with a second plane;
- wherein the first plane and the second plane are substantially parallel to each other;
- wherein each of the first array of teeth and the second array of teeth comprise:
- a first set of teeth having a first width and a first depth, and
- a second set of teeth that extend beyond the first width of the first set of teeth and have a second depth deeper than the first depth;
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- wherein at least two teeth of the first set of teeth are disposed between two teeth of the second set of teeth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.