Lockable plier tool
OwnerTauno Sailainventor
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Abstract
A lockable plier-type tool having the lockable features selectively engageable and including handle flexibility and locking element positioning that enhances its gripping capabilities. The locking elements are also arranged and constructed so that the plier may conveniently be used in the conventional manner (i.e. without the locking feature) and may exhibit any desired jaw configuration.
Claims4
A plier-type tool adapted to retentatively grip an object and comprising a part of pivotally connected handles having oppositely protruding gripping jaws, one said handle having pivotally mounted thereon a ratchet, the other said handle having pivotally mounted thereon a pawl, said ratchet and pawl being separately spring biased away from the pivotal connection of said handles and that handle carrying said pawl includes means to retain the pawl out of engagement with said ratchet.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.