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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2007
Robert L. Aldredge, Englewood, OH (US);
Robert L. Aldredge, Englewood, OH (US);
Other;
Abstract
A self-adjusting locking vise grip includes a stationary handle, a stationary jaw, a pivoting jaw, a pivoting handle, a first link, a second link and a rail assembly. The stationary jaw is retained in one end of the stationary handle. The pivoting jaw is pivotally retained adjacent the stationary jaw. One end of the pivoting handle is pivotally retained on the pivoting jaw. The first link is pivotally retained by the pivoting handle. The second link is pivotally retained by the first link. The rail assembly includes a slide carriage, an adjustment screw and a rail member. The adjustment screw is threaded into the slide carriage. The slide carriage is slidably retained by the rail tube. The other end of the second link is pivotally retained by the slide carriage. The rail member is retained in the other end of the stationary handle.