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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1993
Filed:
May. 07, 1991
Daniel M Eggert, Kenosha, WI (US);
Jeffrey H Hoff, Kenosha, WI (US);
Bert Krivec, Waukesha, WI (US);
Frank Mikic, Kenosha, WI (US);
Christopher D Thompson, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Snap-on Tools Corporation, Kenosha, WI (US);
Abstract
A pivotal hand tool includes first and second lever members which intersect and have aligned openings therethrough in which is received a pivot pin having an enlarged head at one end adjacent to one of the lever members and having the other end thereof welded to the other lever member or to a flat washer which bears against the other lever member. The head and the flat washer may be received in complementary recesses in the lever members. A frustoconical washer may be disposed beneath the head of the pivot pin for resiliently urging the lever members together.