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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
John Alexander, Sheffield, GB;
John Alexander, Sheffield, GB;
The Stanley Works, New Britain, CT (US);
Abstract
The present invention discloses pliers including first and second members having first and second jaw members, respectively, and a first handle and a second handle. The jaws have first and second workpiece engaging surfaces constructed and arranged to generally correspond to first and second surfaces of a standardized workpiece, such as a hexagonal nut. A pivot assembly is provided to interact between the first and second members, which includes a plurality of pivot retaining regions disposed on the first jaw member and a pivot structure disposed within the second member. The pivot structure is engageable at a selected one of the retaining regions to adjust a relative position of a pivot axis between the first and second members so as to adjust an extent of relative spacing between the first and second jaws of the pliers. The second member and the pivot structure are capable of relative movement with respect to one another so that the first workpiece engaging surfaces and the second workpiece engaging surfaces orient themselves into engagement with the first and second surfaces of the standardized workpiece, respectively.