Combination pliers and spanner wrench
AssigneeJohnson Enterprises, Inc.
InventorTracy K. Stenger
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Abstract
A spanner wrench is clamped to one component of a conventional pair of pliers and is prevented from turning relative to that component by the same pivot element which pivotably connects the two plier components to one another.
Claims7
A combination tool comprising two members each having an elongated handle and a serrated jaw, pivot means pivotally connecting said members together near said jaws whereby said members define a pair of pliers, and a wrench clamped against one of said members by said pivot means, said pivot means including means for preventing said wrench from turning relative to said one member.
A combination tool comprising two members each having an elongated handle and a serrated jaw, a pivot element pivotally connecting said members together near said jaws whereby said members define a pair of pliers, said pivot element including a shank and a head with a portion of said shank adjacent said head being non-circular, a spanner wrench having a mounting portion formed with an opening which is generally complementary in size and shape to the non-circular portion of said shank, said mounting portion of said wrench being clamped between said head and one of said members with said non-circular section of said shank extending into said opening to prevent said wrench from turning relative to said one member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.