Clip pliers

A hog ring type clip-applying device comprising:

• an upper horizontally extending jaw having a front end and a rear end;
• a lower horizontally extending jaw having a front end and a rear end;
• a clip receipt area defined between the front ends of said upper jaw and said lower jaw;
• a vertically disposed rear handle having a top and a bottom said rear handle attached at its top to the rear end of said lower jaw;
• a lever member having a top and a bottom, the top of said lever member being attached at its top to the rear end of said upper jaw;
• a vertically disposed front handle having a top and a bottom said front handle having defined in its top a slot having a right side and a left side through which slot said upper and lower jaws are adapted to pass;
• a first pivot member pivotally attaching said lever member at a point on said lever member lower than lever member's attachment to said rear end of said upper jaw, to said lower jaw;
• a second pivot member pivotally attaching the bottom of said lever member to the bottom of said front handle;
• means to urge said front handle away from said rear handle for said jaws to be in a clip receipt mode;
• a clip slide attachment member affixed to the upper right side of said front handle;
• a clip slide for retaining a plurality of clips thereon affixed to said clip slide attachment, said clip slide having a first end disposed at said clip receipt area when said device is in its clip receipt mode and a second end on which clips can be slid to pass into said clip receipt area, said device, when said front and rear handles are grasped by the user and manually moved together, being adapted to grasp a clip and move said jaws through said slot to a position beyond said slot where said clip can be positioned around the objects desired to be clipped together and by further manual pressure on said handles, the jaws clench said clip around the objects to be clipped together.